Analysis of Demand Driven Ad-hoc Routing Protocols on Performance and Mobility

Abstract: Mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) is a growing technology that can support the operation of adaptive wireless networks. With the increased demand rate of wireless applications it is useful to have more adaptive and self organizing technologies that adapt to changes within a network region. In this paper we initially present a brief listing of table driven ad hoc routing protocols and eventually analyze in detail the behaviour of demand driven ad hoc routing protocols like - Ad Hoc On Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV), Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), Temporally-Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA) in terms of throughput, traffic dropped, routing traffic and mobility. The output graphs are eventually discussed, thus enabling us to understand the routing technology better.