Mobility and Direction Aware Ad-hoc on Demand Distance Vector Routing Protocol

Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is a rapidly growing wireless technology with wide range of applications. MANET routing faces challenges due to their Ad hoc nature, and many routing algorithms have been proposed. Reactive routing protocols are preferred due to less control overhead and scalability, but they suffer from frequent link breakages due to the high-mobility of the nodes. To reduce the link breakages and get a stable route, a new reactive routing protocol is proposed that is tree-based mobility-aware. The proposed Mobility and Direction Aware Ad-hoc On Demand Distance Vector routing protocol (MDA-AODV) aims to handle the mobility and direction factors in ad-hoc networks. MDA-AODV guides the route discovery and route reply depending on the speed of the participating nodes and their directions. Qualnet simulator version 7.1, using two offered load simulations (packet-rate and CBR connections), was used to investigate the effect and the advantages of MDA-AODV over AODV protocol. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme decreases control overhead by (4.6 ÷ 5.2%). It also accomplishes (37 ÷ 41%) lower route losses compared to AODV. The delivery ratio is increased by (29 ÷ 47%). The consumed energy and end-to-end delay of the proposed protocol is also compared to that of AODV.