Performance Evaluation of Various Routing Protocols in MANET

MANET(Mobile Adhoc Network) is a self organizing and self configuring network without the need of any centralized base station. In MANETs, the nodes are mobile and battery operated. As the nodes have limited battery resources and multi hop routes are used over a changing network environment due to node mobility, it requires energy efficient routing protocols to limit the power consumption ,prolong the battery life and to improve the robustness of the system. This paper evaluates the performance of adhoc routing protocols such as DSDV,AODV,DSR and AOMDV in terms of energy efficiency. Simulation is done using NS-2(version NS-2.33). Key Terms: AODV, AOMDV, DSR, DSDV, MANET, Power aware routing.