Performance analysis of typical routing protocols in Ad-Hoc networks

The Ad-Hoc networks are autonomous and infrastructure-less networks that provide flexibility to network nodes to connect and disconnect at any time. Routing protocol is a crucial part in the changeable topology network. DSDV, DSR and AODV are the most typical basic protocols for wireless Ad-Hoc networks. In this paper, it interprets and compares these three typical routing protocols using NS-2 simulator. It analyzes these three protocols in several aspects such as packet loss rate, route cost, average end-to-end delay and packet delivery fraction through simulations using Network Simulator in varying network conditions including the number of nodes, maximum moving speed of mobile node, maximum number of connections, node pause time, data rate and node moving range. Performance analysis of simulation results shows that each protocol has its own best suitable scene, so one can choose the optimal protocol under different scenarios according to the simulation results.