A review and comparison of AODV, DSR and ZRP routing protocols on the basis of qualitative metrics

Mobile Adhoc Network is wireless network which is formed without the help of the centralized infrastructure. Any node can be part of this mobile network because of the mobility nature of the wireless network. There are many different routing protocols which are reactive, proactive and hybrid. This paper presents review on AODV, DSR and ZRP and prepared a comparative chart based on the qualitative metrics.