A Comprehensive Performance Analysis of Proactive, Reactive and Hybrid MANETs Routing Protocols
A mobile Ad-hoc network (MANET) is a dynamic multi hop wireless network established by a group of nodes in which there is no central administration. Due to mobility of nodes and dynamic network topology, the routing is one of the most important challenges in ad-hoc networks. Several routing algorithms for MANETs have been proposed by the researchers which have been classified into various categories, however, the most prominent categories are proactive, reactive and hybrid. The performance comparison of routing protocols for MANETs has been presented by other researcher also, however, none of these works considers proactive, reactive and hybrid protocols together. In this paper, the performance of proactive (DSDV), reactive (DSR and AODV) and hybrid (ZRP) routing protocols has been compared. The performance differentials are analyzed on the basis of throughput, average delay, routing overhead and number of packets dropped with a variation of number of nodes, pause time and mobility.
Keywords: MANET, proactive, reactive, hybrid
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kavita Pandey
She did B.Tech in Computer Science from M.D. University in year 2002 and M.Tech. in Computer Science from Banasthali Vidyapith University in year 2003. She is pursuing PhD from JIIT,Noida. She is working as a Senior Lecturer in JIIT,Noida. Her current research interests include Adhoc Networks, Optimization Techniques and Network Security.
Abhishek Swaroop
He received his B.Tech in computer science and engineering from G.B.Pant Univ. Pantnagar in 1992, M.Tech from Punajbi Univ. Patiala in 2004 and Ph.D. in computer engineering from N.I.T. Kurukshetra in 2011. He is currently working as an Assitant professor in JIIT, Noida. His research interests include group mutual exclusion, fault tolerance, MANETs, Sensor networks, Multi core architecture.
Kavita Pandey
She did B.Tech in Computer Science from M.D. University in year 2002 and M.Tech. in Computer Science from Banasthali Vidyapith University in year 2003. She is pursuing PhD from JIIT,Noida. She is working as a Senior Lecturer in JIIT,Noida. Her current research interests include Adhoc Networks, Optimization Techniques and Network Security.
Abhishek Swaroop
He received his B.Tech in computer science and engineering from G.B.Pant Univ. Pantnagar in 1992, M.Tech from Punajbi Univ. Patiala in 2004 and Ph.D. in computer engineering from N.I.T. Kurukshetra in 2011. He is currently working as an Assitant professor in JIIT, Noida. His research interests include group mutual exclusion, fault tolerance, MANETs, Sensor networks, Multi core architecture.
