TITLE:
Comparative Study of Proactive, Reactive and Geographical MANET Routing Protocols
AUTHORS:
Muthana Najim Abdulleh, Salman Yussof, Hothefa Shaker Jassim
KEYWORDS:
MANET, Proactive Routing, Reactive Routing, Geographical Routing
JOURNAL NAME:
Communications and Network,
Vol.7 No.2,
May
6,
2015
ABSTRACT: Mobile Adhoc Network (MANET) is defined as
a combination of mobile nodes that lack a fixed infrastructure and is quickly
deployable under any circumstances. These nodes have self-aware architecture
and are able to move in multiple directions, which renders it dynamic topology.
Its dynamicity makes routing in MANET rather challenging compared to fixed
wired networks. This paper aims to perform a comparative study on the three
categories of MANET routing protocol by comparing their characteristics and operations,
as well as their strength and weaknesses.