Study on Network Load on Various Mobile Ad Hoc Network Protocols Under the Random Walk Mobility and Random Way Point Model

Abstract

Mobile ad hoc Network consists of mobile networks which create an underlying architecture for communication without the help of traditional fixed-position routers. MANET is group of mobile nodes which uses multi hop transmission for communication. Routing in MANET is challenging task, moreover presence of malicious nodes make the overall network very insecure furthermore dynamic nature of moving nodes adds to the complexity Mobility of the nodes has substantial influence on the network performance.In this Paper, we study the impact of Random Walk and Random Way Point model. Wefocus on performance comparison of Proactive routing protocol by focusing on Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) and Reactive Routing Protocol by focusing on Ad Hoc on Demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm(TORA). The present paper reports a performance analysis of network load on three Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) routing protocols under the two mobility models i.e. Random Walk Mobility Model and Random Way Point.Keywords: MANET, AODV, OLSR, TORA, OPNET 14.5, random walk mobility model, random way point mobility model