ABSTRACT

An ad-hoc network is self-organizing and adaptive. Networks are formed on-the-fly, devices can leave and join the network during its lifetime, devices can be mobile within the network, the network as a whole may be mobile and the network can be deformed on-the-fly. Devices in mobile ad-hoc networks should be able to detect the presence of other devices and perform the necessary set-up to facilitate communications and the sharing of data and services. This paper focuses on the three popular routing algorithms Ad-Hoc on Demand Distance Vector (AODV), Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) both being reactive routing protocols and Cluster Based Routing Protocol (CBRP), a proactive routing protocol. The performance analysis is done with the help of packet delivery ratio(PDR), average end-to-end delay and routing overhead through simulation using GLOMOSIM simulator.