Multi-path routing challenging single-path routing in Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are considered as a sub directory of MANET which are consisted of Mesh Routers and Mesh Clients. The innovative ideas to conquer the problems in case of routing in a WMN platform are key points that can potentially increase the throughput of the network in different scenarios. The protocols introduced by IEEE 802.11s draft are divided into Proactive, Reactive or Hybrid Mesh categories. One key popular protocol is called ad-hoc On Demand Vector (AODV) protocol which is based on on-demand path selection in which the tree size is increasing in a Proactive manner. As competent, AOMDV protocol focuses on Ad-hoc On demand Multi-Path Distance Vector routing challenging AODV in performance. In this paper, performance of AODV and AOMDV are analyzed in case of packet delivery, packet dropping and packet delay which helps in proposal of a proper solution in a specific scenario to design a proper network topology.