An Evaluation of Ad-hoc Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
Tanuja Khurana, Sukhvir Singh, Nitin Goyal · International journal of advanced research in computer science and electronics engineering · 2012
Wireless mobile ad-hoc networks are characterized as network of nodes without any physical connections. In these types of networks there is no fixed topology due to the mobility of nodes, interference, multipath propagation, environmental conditions and path loss. The purpose of this master thesis is to study, understand, analyze and discuss three mobile ad-hoc routing protocols DSDV, AODV and DSR out of which the first one is proactive protocols, which depends on the routing tables which are maintained at each node. The other two are reactive protocols, which find a route to a destination on demand, whenever communication is needed. Considering the same parameters the DSR protocol transfers more data than both AODV and DSDV protocols, but due to the fact that changes in paths are avoided the losses in AODV is less as compared to DSR protocol. This work is to analyze the routing protocols for wireless networks based on their performance. This is done theoretically as well as through simulation. Basically what is to be done, to identify suitable routing protocols for use with WSN based on the limitations of the technology and propose an enhanced protocol for WSN.