ABSTRACT
A group of routers or wireless nodes that come collectively to create a network where each node acts as a router and the moving portable nodes is unrestricted anywhere in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET). These networks suffer a number of difficulties, including low energy effectiveness and power usage due to the limited node energy, battery source limitations, difficulties in changing the batteries, and a lack of centralized coordination. The protocols will be highlighted in this chapter. NS-2 is used to implement the protocols. In this study, two protocols are compared while performance parameters, which include packet delivery ratio (PDR), packet loss, end-to-end delay (E2E), and throughput, are taken into account.
