Performance of Ad hoc Network Routing Protocols

Need For Routing Protocols

Wireless technology supports multiple types of communication services.(voice, data and image) Each service requires different Quality of Service. Based on the type of service and the Quality of Service required different routing protocols are used.

Types of Routing
1. Proactive 2. Reactive Proactive is table driven Reactive is source initiated

Proactive Vs Reactive
Proactive is table driven. As a result the delay before sending a packet is minimal. Proactive scheme uses large amount of bandwidth to keep the routing information up to date. Reactive is source initiated. As a result there is a delay before sending a packet due to the route discovery process. Reactive schemes involve significant control traffic

Simulation
Mobility Model Mobility model represents the movement of mobile users, and how their location, velocity and acceleration changes. Proba Walk Mobility model. The proba walk mobility model uses a probability matrix with three states. State 0 represents the current location. State 1 represents the previous state. State 2 represents the mobile node next position.
Ref: Interntional conference on Computer and Communication technology

Performance Parameters
Packet Delivery Ratio: The ratio of data packets delivered to the data packets generated. Mean end to end delay: The end to end delay related to the data packet delivery to the destination. Routing Load: Number of routing packet over the number of received data packets.

Delivery Ratio

For CBR(Voice service) the highest delivery ratio is achieved with the help of AODV and DSR For TCP(Data service) the Highest delivery ratio is achieved with the help of DSR and AODV

Ref: Interntional conference on Computer and Communication technology

Delay

For CBR(Voice service) when the load is average the OSLR provides a better performance. For TCP(data Service) the least delay is provided by AODV. OLSR also delivers an optimum delay but initial delay is very high. Ref: Interntional conference on Computer and Communication technology

Routing Load

For both CBR(Voice Service) and TCP(data service) the routing load is maximum for OLSR and minimum for AODV and DSR

Ref: Interntional conference on Computer and Communication technology

Conclusion
For CBR(Voice service) With respect to delivery ratio AODV and DSR outperforms OLSR but when we consider the parameter delay OLSR outperforms AODV and DSR. Therefore OLSR is suited for real time application. For TCP(Data Services) For data services the main concern is the packet delivery. Therefore for Data Services AODV and DSR is preferred.