Comparative Analysis of Reactive and Proactive Protocol of Mobile Ad-Hoc Network

Abstract — Mobile ad hoc network “MANET ” is a collection of wireless communication nodes which communicates without any fixed infrastructure. The nodes are mobile and forming a dynamic temporary network without any use of existing network. The routing in mobile ad hoc network is a difficult task because nodes are dynamic. This paper will focus on two well known routing protocols of Mobile Ad hoc network these protocols are-1.Reactive Protocol-Ad hoc on demand distance vector routing protocol (AODV), 2.Proactive protocol-Optimized link state routing protocol (OLSR).And the performance of these routing protocols are analyzed and compared on the basis of IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) standard parameters and the parameters are Media access delay, Network load and Through put. In this paper we also present comparison of these protocols by using simulation. We perform widespread simulations using network simulation software. Keywords- MANET; AODV; OLSR;. I