The two protocols belong to different classes of routing categorization. The technical aspects of the two protocols is studied while highlighting the differences between the two and simulation-based performance comparison of the two protocols is carried out under varying traffic, mobility and network conditions using the Network Simulator. | International Journal of Computer Networks and Communications Security VOL. 5, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2017, 271–276 Available online at: E-ISSN 2308-9830 (Online) / ISSN 2410-0595 (Print) Simulation-Based Proportional Study of Routing Protocols for MANET Faisal Ahmed1 and Fakir Mashuque Alamgir2 1 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2 Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1 ahmedfaisal065@, 2fma@ ABSTRACT Wireless ad-hoc networks lately increased huge research consideration because of their huge capability of uses in numerous fields. Multihop routing is an imperative viewpoint which decides, to a substantial degree, the general execution of the system. A number of routing protocols have been proposed for routing in wireless ad-hoc networks with the focus on optimizing different aspects of the network routing. This paper focuses on studying two popular protocols for wireless networks: Ad-hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Optimized Link-State Routing (OLSR). The two protocols belong to different classes of routing categorization. The technical aspects of the two protocols is studied while highlighting the differences between the two and simulation-based performance comparison of the two protocols is carried out under varying traffic, mobility and network conditions using the Network Simulator. Keywords: Wireless Ad-hoc network, routing protocol, Network Simulator, AODV, OLSR. 1 INTRODUCTION Mobile ad-hoc networks are a very popular type of networks which have a great variety of application in various fields. Due to the versatility of the network configuration topology and the need for faster and secure communication leave it a challenging job to provide reliant and secure routing protocol. So, mobile Ad-hoc networks are often more vulnerable than another type of networks.
