Impact of freeway mobility pattern on routing performance of mobile ad hoc networks

Abstract

A mobile ad Hoc network (MANET) is an independent wireless network and the nodes can move freely and dynamically within the network. The most unique thing about MANET is there are no entities that can control all activities of the network. This project is implemented by using OMNeT++ software and using INET 2.9 for the simulation process. Furthermore, there are specific requirements and settings need to be followed such as the number of nodes and the packet size used. Based on the result, Ad Hoc On Demand Distance Vector Protocol (AODV) is the better protocol compared to Dynamic Static Routing (DSR) but still DSR mainly be used for lower mobility cases. The main parameters to be investigated are network throughput, packet delivery ratio (PDR), delay and packet lost.