An Energy Efficiency-based Performance Comparison of DSR and AODV

Abstract

We present the performance comparison of DSR and AODV MANET routing protocols, considering nodes with limited energies. The performance of the protocols has been analyzed using simulations in ns-2. The metrics used are relative energy consumption, number of node terminations, packet delivery and goodput. It is concluded that DSR is more energy efficient than AODV.

Indexing terms:

• Mobile ad hoc networks
• Routing protocols
• Energy efficiency
• Performance comparison
• Simulation

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Notes on contributors

Varnit Suri

Varnit Suri is an MS student at the Department of Electrical Engineering at George's Mason University (GMU) in Virginia, USA, where he works at the Network Architect Lab. He is a Dean's Fellowship holder and a member of Phi Beta delta, the academic honour society for international scholars. His research include routing in wireless networks and more recently, dynamic spectrum access algorithms. Before joining GMU, he worked for Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL).

Hari M Gupta

Hari M Gupta obtained the BE (Electronics and Communication) from University of Roorkee, now the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, the MTech (Electronics and Electrical Communications) from IIT, Kharagpur, and the PhD (Electrical Engineering—Information and Communication Systems Major) from IIT, Kanpur.

He joined the faculty of Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT, Delhi in 1973 where he is a professor since 1986. He has been the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, the Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, and the Coordinator of Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management at IIT, Delhi.

Prof Gupta has held faculty appointments at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He has been an academic visitor to the University of Maryland, College Park, Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland and several British universities.

Prof Gupta's academic and professional interests are Telecommunication Systems, Computer Communication Networks, Multimedia Systems, and Photonic Information Systems. He served on national and international committees, including India's representative on International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). He is a Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), a Senior Member of Computer Society of India. He has been the Vice-President of Systems Society of India, a Council Member of IETE, the Chairman of the Data Communication Division of CSI and a Founder Member of Association for Security of Information Systems (ASIS).