Impact of Node Mobility of Routing Protocols on MANET

A Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) is a self-configuring network of mobile nodes connected by wireless links to form an arbitrary topology without the use of existing infrastructure. In this dissertation, we studied the effects of various mobility models on the performance of three routing protocols Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Wireless Routing Protocol (WRP). For experiment purposes, we have considered the following three metrics to compare the routing protocols: Packet Delivery Ratio, Average End to End Delay and Drop Ratio. Performance comparison has been conducted across varying the mobility of nodes. Experiment results illustrate that performance of the routing protocol varies across different mobility models.