Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a group of wireless mobile nodes that can connect with
each other over a number of hops without the need for centralized management or pre-
existing infrastructure. MANET has been used in several commercial areas such as
intelligent shipping systems, ad hoc gaming, and clever agriculture, and non-commercial
areas such as army applications, disaster rescue, and wildlife observing domains. One of
the main challenges in MANET is routing mobility management which affects the …

We evaluate several routing protocols for mobile, wireless, ad hoc networks via packet level
simulations. The protocol suite includes routing protocols specifically designed for ad hoc
routing, as well as more traditional protocols, such as link state and distance vector used for
dynamic networks. Performance is evaluated with respect to fraction of packets delivered,
end-to-end delay and routing load for a given traffic and mobility model. It is observed that
the new generation of on-demand routing protocols use a much lower routing load. However …