Survey on Routing Protocols for MANETs based on Mobility

Abstract

Topology-Based routing protocols become no longer appropriate for MANETs when the nodes are relatively mobile due to the immoderate overhead of keeping up-to date network topology records. Now a day’s cluster based and geographic based routing algorithms are notably studied due to the fact of availability of diverse positioning services for example the global positioning device (GPS).  Geographic routing is a promising technique for huge-scale wi - fi ad hoc networks because of its simplicity and scalability. Since direction control procedure isn't always required in geographic routing, it includes a less overhead compared to different routing schemes, like topology based routing protocols. In this research paper we are aiming to analyze the performance of diverse geographic and cluster based routing protocols in mobile ad hoc networks.

Keywords: Global Positioning System, MANET, Ad Hoc Networks, Topology