Performance Analysis of AODV, DSR and ZRP in MANETs using QualNet Simulator

Abstract

A Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of wireless mobile nodes forming a temporary network without using any centralized access point, infrastructure, or centralized administration of the mobile networks. Data transmission between two nodes requires multiple hops as nodes transmission range is limited in Mobile Ad hoc networks (MANET’s). Mobility of the networks nodes to makes the situation even more complicated in wireless networks. Multiple routing protocols find optimized routes from a source to some destination. This articles presents performance analysis of three different routing protocols AODV, DSR and ZRP for Mobile Ad-Hoc networks (MANET’s). In this paper we have used QualNet Simulator 5.0.2 from Scalable Networks to perform the simulations. Performance analysis of AODV, DSR and ZRP is evaluated based on Average Jitters(s), Average end to end delay(s), Throughput(bps) and TTL based hop count in Mobile ad hoc networks.

Keywords

• Routing Protocols; Average end to end delay; TTL; Average Jitters; Throughput; AODV; DSR; ZRP; MANET.