Comparative study of a developed SEAODV with conventional AODV

Abstract

An ad-hoc network of wireless nodes is a temporarily formed network, created, operated and managed by the nodes themselves. Nodes assist each other by passing data and control packets from one node to another, often beyond the wireless range of the original sender using routing protocols. Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) is a reactive or On-Demand routing protocol where routes are created as and when required. In this paper, we conducted a comparative study of a developed Secured Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector routing protocol (SEAODV) with the conventional AODV. The simulation and comparison of SEAODV with conventional AODV protocols was done using OPNET (Optimized Network Engineering Tools). The performance of SEAODV routing protocol was compared to that of the conventional AODV using media access delay, network throughput and total packets dropped.

Keywords: AODV, MANET, ad hoc, on-demand, vector routing protocol, and OPNET