A Study on effect of Mobility Models on the performance of Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad- HOC Network: Impact of Mobility Models on Routing Protocol Performance in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Abstract

A mobility model depicts how nodes are dispersed and move throughout a network. Multiplestudies have shown that the results of routing performance simulation in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks maybe impacted by the mobility model used. Therefore, a routing protocol may work well with one kind ofmobility model or scenario but poorly with another. Because of this, it is very uncommon for studies ofrouting protocol performance to be based on insufficient data, which in turn leads to flawedargumentation and conclusions. This research aims to evaluate the efficiency of energy-consumingrouting methods in a mobile Ad-hoc network using the QualNet simulator. The examination ofperformance has been carried out by the researcher using a number of performance indicators,including End-to-End Delay, Jitter, Throughput, and Energy Consumption. The impact of mobility onMANET routing protocols using OLSR and STAR routing protocols with Random Waypoint mobilitymodel has been investigated The performance comparison of OLSR and STAR routing protocols usingrandom waypoint mobility model in case of mobility for 50 nodes scenario has been presented. Theperformance of OLSR and STAR routing protocols have been analyzed on the basis of performancemetrics namely Average Jitter (s), Average End-to-End Delay (s), and Throughput (bitss).