Comparison of AODV, DSR and DSDV on Different Simulators for QoS Parameters

Proactive and reactive protocols of MANET are used to route the information over the links to the destination nodes, end-toend and hop-to-hop. In multi-hop mobile ad hoc networks the consumption of energy at the mobile nodes end and its proper utilization is quite necessary. The nodes and other routing resources in the MANETs do not afford to waste battery power during the critical operations like rescue missions or military operations. This survey paper studies performance of MANET protocols like AODV, DSDV and DSR which were carried out by various researches, computing the various performance metrics of the Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, specifically the throughput, the packet delivery ratio and the energy consumption performed. The study covers the scenarios simulated over different simulators. The related surveys studied the scenario over OMNET++, NS-3, NS-2 and GloMoSim. GloMoSim analyzed the energy consumption scenario using MANET’s scalability and nodes mobility with variable speed. OMNET++ and NS-3 also compared the performances of protocols under variable nodes mobility, pause time and nodes density in MANETs.