Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANET) Using Glomosim Simulator

Ad hoc networks are characterized by multi hop wireless connectivity, frequently changing network topology and the need for efficient dynamic routing protocols. This report compares the performance of MANET routing protocol such as Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Vector (AODV), Location-Aided Routing (LAR1) and Wireless Routing Protocol (WRP) protocol at different Simulation time using a parallel discrete event driven simulator, Glomosim. This project is based on energy consumption, signal received and forwarded to MAC and signals transmitted in mobile ad hoc networks. The performance differentials are analyzed using varying simulation time. Based on the observations, I make recommendations about when the performance of either protocol can be the best