Comparative Analysis of Link State and Distance Vector Routing Protocols for Mobile Adhoc Networks

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LINK STATE AND DISTANCE VECTOR ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR MOBILE ADHOC NETWORKS 1 Noreen Imran, 2 Samia Riaz, Asma Shaheen, 2 Muhammad Sharif, 2 Mudassar Raza School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand 2 Department of Computer Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt-Pakistan [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ABSTRACT Mobile Adhoc networks are primarily classified for their dynamic topology and lack of infrastructure. The key role of Adhoc network routing protocols is to establish routes efficiently and accurately among nodes and ensure the packet delivery in time. In this work the technique has selected two proactive, tables driven routing protocols from Distance Vector Routing (DVR) and Link State Routing(LSR) and evaluated their performance on the basis of specified network parameters. The results of a detailed simulation for mobile Adhoc networks, comparing two proactive, table driven routing protocols: OLSR as a candidate from LSR and DSDV as a representative from DVR in various scenarios of mobility, scalability and traffic load. Finally the paper discussed the functionality and behavior of both the protocols and their comparison based on simulation results.