On the Evaluation and Classification of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Über die Bewertung und Klassifizierung von Routing-Protokollen für Mobile Ad Hoc Netze)

A Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a mobile, wireless network that does not necessitate a pre-existing infrastructure. The routing infrastructure needs to be established in a distributed, self-organized way. Many routing protocols for MANETs have been proposed, and some evaluating work has been conducted. The large number of the proposed routing protocols and evaluations makes it difficult to keep track of the development and to get an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of routing protocols. This dissertation analyses evaluation techniques from the past and describes common problems with simulation based evaluation of routing protocols for MANETs and how to resolve them. Simulation scenarios are examined and evaluated, sample applications are suggested and relations to past and present evaluations are drawn. A comprehensive number of MANET routing protocols is examined and categorized and similarities (e.g. due to evolutionary development) are deduced and presented. It is proposed that these can be used to reduce the number of experiments. Finally a set of sample simulation results is presented.

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