Performance Comparision of AODV and DSR Routing Protocols using Real Time Test-Bed

A mobile ad-hoc Network is a collection of autonomous wireless nodes without any infrastructure and centralized administration. The main motivation of this work is to analyze AODV and DSR routing protocols based on different performance metrics in a real world environment. This test-bed allows for direct comparisons between ad-hoc routing protocols Though ad hoc network routing protocols, such as DSR and AODV have been extensively studied through simulations, fewer test-bed implementation has been carried out. It is essential in order to understand relative merits or limitations under different network conditions. The test-bed closes the gap between the simulation & real life implementation and allows performance comparison of different ad-hoc routing protocols on a common platform. The goal of this work has been to develop a test-bed such that real world tests of many nodes can be conducted for AODV and DSR protocol and analyze the performance of this protocol with various performance metrics