Performance Evaluation of Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector (DSDV) Routing Protocol

An ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes dynamically forming a temporary network without the use of any existing network infrastructure or centralized administration. A number of routing protocols have been implemented to route the packets in these networks. One of these routing protocols is Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector (DSDV), i.e. a proactive routing protocol. Some important aspects related to the routing protocols are the performance and throughput. In this paper, an attempt has been made to evaluate the performance of DSDV routing protocol when Constant Bit Rate (CBR) traffic pattern with different loads are used in the network, science percentage of the dropped packets and end to end delay are calculated. The results show that higher node speeds and higher traffic load cause higher drop ratio and end to end delay.