MANET Routing Protocols: A Review
Jitender Khurana, M. Tech Student · 2013
MANET is a kind of wireless ad hoc network in which nodes are mobile. It is a self-designing network of mobile routers connected by wireless links with no access point. Every mobile device in a network is independent. Th e mobile devices are free to move irregularly and org anize themselves illogically. Mobile ad hoc network do no t rely on any fixed infrastructure. The Communication in MANET is supported by multi-hop paths. Nodes in the MANET share the wireless medium and the topology of the network changes unreliably and dynamically. In MANET, breaking of communication link is very frequent, li ke as nodes are free to move to anywhere. The density of nodes and the number of nodes are depends on the applicat ions in which we are using MANET. This paper presents a review on various routing protocols in MANET and selects one of the routing protocols which may be perform better.