Evaluation of Routing Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks

Ad hoc networks are comprised of a group of workstations or other wireless devices which communicate directly with each other to exchange information without centralized control or established infrastructure. In recent years, several routing protocols have been proposed for ad hoc networks and prominent among them are DSR, AODV and TORA. This survey paper provides an overview of these protocols by presenting their characteristics, functionality, benefits and limitations and then makes their comparative analysis. The objective is to make observations about how the performance of these protocols can be improved by using the quality assurance metrics.