QoS Aware Routing Protocol in Wireless Adhoc Network

Abstract—The Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (MANET) is a dynamic wireless network without any centralized administration consists of the nodes with mobility which uses multi hoping for data exchange. The applications of MANET spans over diverse fields covering real time and mission critical application demanding various Quality of Service (QoS) to be satisfied by the underlying routing infrastructure. To find a least cost or most stable route, the design of routing protocol requires utmost care to be taken to meet the QoS requirements specified by the various applications with available limited resources and stringent characteristics of MANET. This paper reviews numerous QoS routing solutions considering different design issues of the MANET. Keywords—Routing, Ad hoc Network, QoS