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Performance Evolutions of Velocity-Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad hoc Networks

Authors:
Muneer Bani Yassein
Alaa N. Alslaity
Ismail M. Ababneh

Keywords: Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs); Routing; AODV; Mobility; Velocity Awareness.

Abstract:
In recent years, Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) became an attractive research target. Several protocols were proposed to facilitate the vital operations of such type of Networks. Many routing protocols have been proposed in the literature, as routing operation is considered as one of the most important procedures used in MANETs. Among the so many protocols, on-demand routing protocols are of major contribution to handle the routing operations effectively. Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector Routing protocol (AODV) stands to provide an excellent example of the on-demand routing protocols. AODV corresponds to the unique nature of MANETs by incorporating several features for discovering and initiating paths on an on-demand fashion, reducing both control and processing overhead, providing a multi-hop routing capability and maintaining the dynamic topology. Nevertheless, many opportunities for further improvements are still possible. In this paper, we attempt to incorporate mobility-aware features along with the AODV routing protocol features so as to handle mobility encountered by mobile nodes, to improve the performance and to add some promising capabilities. Our suggested protocol computes the node mobility periodically and uses this computed value to make useful routing decisions thereafter. Simulations are done using GloMoSim 2.03 simulator. According to the results, our proposed protocol proves its superiority over the original AODV protocol in terms of the reduced overhead and the increased packet delivery ratio.

Pages: 8 to 13

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: September 23, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-236-3

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from September 23, 2012 to September 28, 2012