Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) Protocols Based on Selected Criteria

Abstract

Mobile ad-hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes
dynamically forming a temporary network without the aid of any
established infrastructure or centralized administration. Routing
protocols in mobile ad-hoc network helps node to send and receive
packets. Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET), also known as short-lived
networks, are autonomous systems of mobile nodes forming network
in the absence of any centralized support. This paper carries out a
vivid study of the concepts and principles of mobile routing protocols
in order to determine which of these protocols is best in a given
situation. This is followed by analysis and evaluation of the selected
mobile routing protocols based on some criteria carried out by coding
their algorithms using java programming language. The resultant
developed applications of the selected mobile routing protocols are
executed, and the generated results recorded in tables according to
the criteria adopted. The execution is based on selected criteria such
as packet delivery ratio (PDR), end to end delay, and throughput. The
data used in the execution of the mobile routing applications was
various size or number of mobile devices ranging from 10 to 50. A
further interpretation of the results generated was carried out to
depict pictorially the characteristics performance behaviour of the
selected mobile routing protocols. The pictorial representation was
done with the technical computing language, MATLAB.