Performance Evaluation of Distance Vector Routing Protocol on a Wireless Circular Model

D. C. Vasiliadis, G. E. Rizos, C. Vassilakis
Proceedings of CISSE 2007

Abstract:
In this paper, a wireless Circular Model over the Distance Vector routing protocol is presented and analyzed. The performance of this algorithm, which is an implementation of Distributed Bellman-Ford algorithm has been evaluated by using the simulation environment of NS-2. We conducted an extensive evaluation study for various mobility schemes in order to incorporate the behavior of nodes and the routing protocol in a real-life hotspot situation. In the test-bed model, while the number of source nodes was allowed to arbitrarily vary, there was exactly one destination node, closely modeling thus real-life situations where a single hotspot/access point exists. Finally, different constant bit rates (CBR) were used in order to estimate the throughput of receiving, dropping rates, the number of lost packets, as well as the average packet delay under various traffic conditions. This study is aimed to help wireless network designers in choosing the best suited routing protocols for their networks, through making explicit performance figures for common network setups.

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