Analysing Efficient MANET Routing Protocols To Integrate With Smart Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) architecture is structured as a network of devices that connect with one another and provide creative solutions to real-time problems. There have been studies regarding various combinations of routing protocols that defines the efficient pathway to interconnect the smart devices. Proactive, reactive and hybrid routing protocols are the three types of routing protocols defined on the basis of route discovery. The core objective of this paper is to provide a comparative performance analysis on the routing protocols using a ViSim tool that integrates the Ns2 simulator. This tool focus on MANET (Mobile Ad-Hoc Network) protocols for proactive - DSDV (Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector Routing) and reactive - DSR (Dynamic Source Routing) and ADOV(Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector). Throughput, Goodput (packets and packet size) and Routing load (packets and packet size) are the parameters to make comparison between the routing protocols for performance analysis. This tool can be modified in the future for better analysis of different routing protocols.