Analysis of routing techniques in mobile ad-hoc networks

Abstract

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) are self-configuring networks of nodes connected by wireless connections without any form of centralized management. They are currently one of the most important research subjects due to the large number of different applications (military, rescue, etc.). In MANET networks, each node is both a terminal and a router. Therefore, each node must be able to forward packets to other nodes. Due to the mobility of the topology nodes, these networks tend to be frequent changes. Traditional routing protocols developed for cable networks cannot work effectively in MANET networks, so they are for them special routing protocols developed. Routing protocols are classified according to the way forwarding of packets in point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and broadcast routing protocols.