Performance of AODV, DSR and DSDV protocols under varying node movement

MANET Mobile ad-hoc networks - are fully distributed networks that comprise of mobile nodes resulting in dynamic topology. These networks follow multi-hop routing where in intermediate mobile nodes are used to pass on messages. In this paper, we report results of NS2 simulation of three important routing protocols: AODV, DSR and DSDV. We have analyzed performance using average throughput and average end to end delay when number of nodes, and also their mobility, is varied. For node movement, a popular model, random waypoint is considered while Constant Bit Rate (CBR) traffic pattern is assumed.