Performance and Analysis of Routing Protocols with TCP Traffic in Mobile Ad Hoc Network

Abstract — Mobile Ad Hoc Network is a collection of multi-hop wireless mobile nodes that communicate with each other. There is no centralized control or established infrastructure in MANET. The wireless links in this network are prone to error and has a tendency to turn down frequently due to mobility of nodes, interference and no fixed infrastructure. Therefore, due to highly dynamic environment, routing in MANET is a critical task. In recent years, several routing protocols have been proposed for MANET and most widely used among them are DSR, AODV and DSDV. We have simulated AODV, DSR and DSDV in NS2 using TCP in MANET. We have analysed these routing protocols with Packet delivery ratio, throughput and end-to-end delay as metrics. Our results shows a clear results for former. I