Empirical study of the epidemic and optimized link state routing protocols (OLSR) for the scalable wireless ad-hoc network simulations (SWANS)

Abstract

A Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) is a network architecture that can be rapidly, deployed without relying on preexisting fixed network infrastructure. The nodes in a MANET scan dynamically join and leave the network, frequently, often without warning, and possibly without disruption to other nodes‘ communication. MANETs are becoming increasingly popular as more and more, mobile devices find their way to the public. A crucial problem in MANETs is finding an efficient route between a source and a destination [1]. The Epidemic routing protocol is a one of the Reactive protocol and the OLSR protocol is a one of the proactive routing protocol for MANETs. In this work, the Epidemic routing and OLSR protocols are implemented, and its performance is measured under different nodes population and mobility scenarios.