Mobile Ad hoc Networks – Dangling issues of optimal path strategy

Abstract

Ad Hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile hosts forming a  temporary network without the aid of any centralized administration, in which individual nodes cooperate by forwarding packets to each other to allow nodes to communicate beyond direct wireless transmission range.

Routing is a process of exchanging information from one station to other stations of the network. Routing protocols of mobile ad-hoc network tend to need different approaches from existing Internet protocols because of dynamic topology, mobile host, distributed environment, less bandwidth, less battery power. The key concern is to analyze the ability of moving nodes in the network using Random Direction Mobility model based on the path availability.

Key Words: Mobile ad hoc networks, Routing, Path stability