The Performance of AODV Routing Protocol Based On Dropped Packets and Throughput Metrics: A Simulation and Comparative Study for VANET

Abstract

Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET) is a challenging network environment in which communication between vehicles in highly fading environments, like an urban scenario, is unpredictable and difficult. In order to analyze the performance of routing protocols and applications, a few of network simulators could be applied such as GlomoSim, NS -2, OPNET, QualNet and NCTUns. In this dissertation, we study either hindering object and signal strength in VANET could affected the performance of AODV routing protocol or not and what are the other factors affect AODV performance. The performance analysis of AODV routing protocols under hindering object and signal attenuator is presented via simulation using NCTUns network simulator based on dropped packet and throughput metrics. Beside simulation, this paper also presented comparative analysis for AODV measured by throughput and end-to-end delay. Based on simulation process and comparative analysis, it is observed that the performance of AODV is affected by physical hindering objects and signal strength. It is also observed that the performance of AODV is independent from the types of network simulator used in simulation process.