Optimal dynamic routing protocols for agro-sensor communication in MANETs

Recent developments in the area of Wireless sensor networks and Mobile ad hoc networks provide tlexible and easy-to-deploy communication means for a wide range of applications without any need for an infrastructure being pre-configured. Our paper studies performance of proactive and reactive routing protocols in a scenario with agro-sensors. Our results, achieved by simulating a network both in OPNET Modeler and NS2, show that the AODV routing protocol performs better for a large-scale network (where node density is higher) while the DSR routing protocol performs better in a small-scale network given the particular scenario we studied.