A Comprehensive Analysis of Simulated results for the Performance of AODV and TORA Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

Abstract

A Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) is underpinning less system of movable devices connected by wireless links. Every device in MANET moves arbitrarily on any path with no impediments and this free movement helps in transforming its links to new devices promptly and unpredictably. MANETs do not require a predefined arrangement or centralized administration to interconnect with each other. This research work is carried out to compare the efficiency of two of the on-demand routing protocols - Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV) and Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA) for mobile ad hoc network and the parameters taken into consideration for evaluation are packet delivery ratio, throughput, End to End Delay, Routing overhead, Energy Consumption and others. With the help of NS2, the simulated results of both the protocols are analysed based on its parameters chosen in this work. In particular, the parameters mainly considered for the comparison are packet delivery ratio and End to End Delay. Finally, the performance of these two protocols is compared on the basis of its simulation time.