Simulation based comparative performance analysis of on-demand routing protocols

Mobile ah hoc network (MANET) is wireless, mobile network that can be deployed anywhere and anytime without constant infrastructure. The mobile nodes perform both as a host and a router by forwarding packets to other nodes. Owing to traditional wired routing protocols are not fit for wireless network, a number of routing protocols have been proposed for ad hoc network. In this paper, we focus on on-demand routing protocols, including Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), which are simulated to compare the performance of packet delivery fraction, average end-to-end delay and normalized routing load.