Performance Evaluation of MANET Routing Protocols: Simulations and Experiments

Authors

  • Makoto Ikeda
  • Leonard Barolli
  • Masahiro Hiyama
  • Elis Kulla
  • Makoto Takizawa

Keywords:

MANET, Testbed, ns-2, AODV, OLSR

Abstract

A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of wireless mobile terminals that are able to dynamically form a temporary network without any aid from fixed infrastructure or centralized administration. In this paper, we present the implementation and analysis of our implemented MANET testbed and simulation system considering Ad-hoc On demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocols for wireless multi-hop networking. We investigate the effect of mobility and topology changing in MANET. We evaluate and compare the performance by simulation (using ns-2 simulator) and experiments in a real environment. In this work, we consider two models: stationary and mobile. We assess the performance of our testbed and simulation in terms of throughput, number of received packets and hop distance. From the results, we found that the AODV protocol has a good performance when the relay node is moving. Also, the AODV protocol provides a flexible and effective routing for indoor environments.

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Author Biographies

Makoto Ikeda

Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

Leonard Barolli

Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

Masahiro Hiyama

Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoko Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

Elis Kulla

Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoko Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

Makoto Takizawa

Department of Computers and Information Science, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan

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Published

2012-05-02

How to Cite

Ikeda, M., Barolli, L., Hiyama, M., Kulla, E., & Takizawa, M. (2012). Performance Evaluation of MANET Routing Protocols: Simulations and Experiments. Computing and Informatics, 30(6), 1147–1165. Retrieved from https://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/article/view/809

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