A comparative analysis of MANET routing protocols through simulation

In this paper we investigate the performance of various mobile ad hoc network routing protocols. We use AODV and DSDV as our baseline as these are two of the most commonly used protocols in reactive and proactive routing, respectively. We compare these with the performance of an ant colony optimization implementation AntHocNet. This protocol works as a hybrid protocol, using both reactive and proactive elements. We implement the simulations across a variety of scenarios using the NS2 network simulator and present our findings.