Benchmarking of AODV Routing Protocol Implemented for Military Software Defined Radio Waveform

Military wireless networks used for tactical communication are classified as MANETS. These are dynamic, infrastructureless networks that are well suited for Line of Sight (LOS) as well as Beyond-Line of sight (BLOS) communication. This research work benchmarks the performance of the routing protocol implemented for a high data rate (up to 6Mbps) Lband waveform against the famous AODV routing protocol for wireless networks. Similarity in design of the SDR routing protocol to AODV is the reason for benchmarking against AODV. This paper will first explain about the software defined radios (SDR) followed by the different routing protocols for MANET. Based on the selection of a particular routing protocol different performance parameters that are Packet delivery ratio, Packet Loss, Routing overhead and Throughput have been calculated. Finally, based on the simulated results a conclusion has been drawn to improve the performance of SDR.