ABSTRACT

In this paper, we have compared important characteristics of MANET proactive routing protocol (DSDV), reactive protocols (AODV, DSR and TORA) and hybrid protocol (ZRP). Extensive simulations are being carried out with different load conditions of MANETs. The offered network loads in the performance plots are characterized by three parameters i.e. packet size, number of connections i.e. source destination pair and packet arrival rate.