Performance Analysis of Reactive Routing Protocols AODV, DYMO, DSR, LAR in MANETs

Abstract

MANETs are one the cutting-edgeevolving wireless technologies. The routing in mobile ad hoc networksplays a vital role and has been researchedwide-range in last decade. The routing protocols are classified as proactive,reactive and hybrid. Reactive routing protocols are considered for its advantages compared to others. In this paper, reactive routing protocols, Ad Hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV), Dynamic MANET On-demand (DYMO) protocol, Dynamic Source Routing protocol (DSR), Location Aided Routing protocol have been selected to analyze the performance and compare the routing protocols by varying Network size and Mobility speed to various levels. The performance metrics analyzed were Average Throughput, Average End-to-End Delay, Average Jitter, Energy Consumed in Transmit Mode, Energy Consumed in Receive Mode. The simulations were carried on Exata 5.4 simulator. The analysis of the routing protocols for the configuration setting is presented at the conclusion.