Comparison of Mobile Ad-hoc Routing Protocols (DSDV, DSR, AODV) in Network

Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is a network which is capable of autonomous operations and operates without base stations and without centralized administration. Nodes cooperate to provide services. In the mobile ad hoc network every node is router as well as host. They support dynamic topology and have limited energy and computed resources. Ad hoc routing protocols like as Dynamic source routing (DSR), Distance sequence vector (DSDV) , and Ad hoc on demand distance vector (AODV) routing which solve the multi hop routing problem in Ad hoc network. In this survey paper we concentrate on the routing protocols which are DSDV, DSR and AODV . Routing protocol are evaluated according many performance parameters Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), Average end-to-end delay, Routing overhead, Packet Loss Percentage and Throughput. The performance of these protocols is application specific and shows different performance under different application. It is not clear that any particular algorithm or class of algorithm is the best for all scenarios.