Analysis of the Effect of Mobility Model and Traffic Agent Variations on Routing Protocol Performance on Mobile Ad-Hoc Network

Abstract

The wireless network is a communication network that allows users to communicate with each other without using a wired intermediary. One of the most popular wireless network technologies is the mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). The proper routing protocol is needed in designing the MANET network because each user acts as a router or determines his path in sending information to the intended user. Mobility models and traffic agents also affect the performance of the MANET network route protocol. The mobility model represents users’ movement in every condition of the MANET network, and the traffic agent acts as a protocol that allows users to connect and share information. This research used AODV, DSDV, and DSR as the routing protocols. Random waypoint and Manhattan grid are used as the mobility model. TCP/FTP and UDP/CRB are used as the traffic agent. The DSR protocol has the highest throughput and packet delivery ratio values in each variation of mobility models with TCP/FTP traffic agent with the highest value of 638 Kbps at 60 node variation and 99.95% packet delivery ratio at 20 node variation. In comparison, the AODV protocol has higher throughput and packet delivery ratio values for each variation of mobility models with UDP/CBR traffic agents with the highest values of 85 Kbps and 99.93%. The residual energy values for the AODV and DSR protocols have relative values, but the DSR protocol holds the highest value for all variations of 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 nodes. The highest residual energy value is in the variation of 100 nodes random waypoint TCP/FTP with 24798.73 J.