Evaluating and Comparing Probability of Path Loss in DSDV, OLSR and DYMO at 802.11 and 802.11p

Abstract: In this paper, we present path loss model for VANETs and simulate three routing protocols; Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV), Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) and Dynamic MANET On-demand (DYMO) to evaluate and compare their performance using NS-2. The main contribution of this work is enhancement of existing techniques to achieve high efficiency of the underlying networks. After extensive simulations in NS-2, we conclude that DSDV best performs with 802.11p while DYMO gives outstanding performance with 802.11.