Performance Evaluation of AODV Routing Protocol

Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a combination of multi-hop wireless mobile nodes that communicate with each other without fixed infrastructure. Due to the mobility of nature, the nodes can move freely in multiple directions. For any Mobile Ad Hoc Network, a routing protocol is an essential factor. Creating a correct and efficient route between a source node and a destination node is the main goal of any routing protocol. Several routing protocols exist in MANET. An efficient protocol will make MANETs reliable. In this research we have evaluated Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol. We have used FTP traffic over the network designed. NS2 simulator is used to model and simulate the result. We have examined delay, network load, packet delivery ratio (PDR), route discovery time, packet dropped and throughput of the network as performance metrics