International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 25 - Number 4 |
Year of Publication: 2011 |
Authors: Tanu Preet Singh, Dr. R.K Singh, Jayant Vats |
10.5120/3019-4083 |
Tanu Preet Singh, Dr. R.K Singh, Jayant Vats . Routing Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks: A Review. International Journal of Computer Applications. 25, 4 ( July 2011), 30-35. DOI=10.5120/3019-4083
MANETs is a collection of multi-hop wireless mobile nodes that communicate with each other without centralized control or established infrastructure. It is the network with dynamically and frequently changing topologies as each node (hop) in it is moving. Due to a number of constraints in self-organizing and self-operating networks, routing of it is a challenging problem. To find the optimum routes with minimum control overhead and network resources, there are a lot of routing-protocols namely DSDV, DSR, AODV, TORA, etc. This paper gives a review of existing routing protocols by giving their characteristics, functionality, benefits, limitations and the comparison between them.