Aodv for NS-2. A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a kind of wireless ad-hoc network, and is a self-configuring
network of mobile routers connected wirelessly. MANET may operate in a standalone fashion, or may
be connected to the larger Internet. Many routing protocols have been developed for MANETs over
the past few years. This project evaluated three specific MANET routing protocols which are ad-hoc
On-demand Distance Vector (AODV), Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) and Dynamic MANET Ondemand
routing protocol (DYMO) to better understand the major characteristics of these routing
protocols. Different performance aspects were investigated in this project including packet delivery
ratio, routing overhead, throughput and average end-to-end delay.
Throughout the course of my work in multihop mobile ad hoc networks (MANET)
over the last several years, I reached the conclusion that mobility models and perfor-
mance metrics need to be treated in detail in designing these networks that are the
ultimatefrontierinwirelesscommunications. Awidevarietyofmobilitymodelscan
be used by mobile nodes.
A wireless ad-hoc network is a wireless network deployed without any infrastructure. In
such a network, there is no access point or wireless router to forward messages among the
computing devices. Instead, these devices depend on the ad-hoc mode of their wireless net‐
work interface cards to communicate with each other. If the nodes are within the transmis‐
sion range of the wireless signal, they can send messages to each other directly. Otherwise,
the nodes in between will forward the messages for them. Thus, each node is both an end
system and a router simultaneously.
