Performance evaluation of DSDV and AODV routing protocols in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

Mobile Ad-hoc Network is an infrastructure less and decentralized network which need a robust dynamic routing protocol. Many routing protocols have been proposed to accommodate the needs of communications for MANET. In this paper, we have compared the performance of traditional proactive DSDV routing protocol along with on-demand reactive routing protocols for MANET: AODV. From analysis, the On-demand protocol, AODV has given better performance than table driven DSDV routing protocol. To compare the performance of DSDV and AODV routing protocol, the simulation results were analyzed by graphical manner and trace file based on QoS metrics such as Delay, Jitter. The performance differentials have been analyzed based on network load, mobility, and network size. The simulation result analysis verifies the DSDV and AODV routing protocol performances.