Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing protocol and the effects of flooding mechanism on its performance
Scalability and Performance Analysis of the AODV Protocol in Ad Hoc Networks
by Devendra Singh Chauhan*, Jitendra K. Mishra, Nagesh Salimath,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 20, Issue No. 1, Jan 2023, Pages 152 - 156 (5)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Throughout the past few years, there have been a significant increase in the number of wireless communication devices. Since a growing number of users desire to be able to connect with one another at any time and from any location, without depending on any centralised access point or current infrastructure, this has led to new kinds of technological requirements. An ad hoc network is made up of numerous mobile nodes working together to create such a network. Ad hoc networks do not require any existing infrastructure because each node serves as both a host and a router. One of the created protocols that allows routing with constantly changing topologies is the ad-hoc on demand distance vector routing protocol (AODV). Because AODV is reactive, it only creates routes when those routes are actually required. Although it attempts to increase the overall bandwidth available by limiting the use of any periodic ads, it uses heavy flooding of messages when determining routes. The effectiveness and precision of the deployed routing protocols have come under scrutiny due to the growing popularity of these on-the-fly networks. This study examines the AODV protocol's scalability and performance in both small and large networks.
KEYWORD
Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing protocol, flooding mechanism, performance, wireless communication devices, ad hoc network, mobile nodes, technological requirements, routing protocols, constant changing topologies, bandwidth, periodic ads, routing protocols, scalability, small networks, large networks
