Energy Contribution of Control Packets of AODV in Various Mobility Models in MANET

In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), routing protocols are commonly used to manage the routes. Because of mobility of nodes, there is a need to reconfigure routes dynamically. These protocols normally suffer from various deficiencies such as high routing overhead and constrained adaptability. In MANETs, mobility pattern directly influences the performance of routing protocol because communication link failures between nodes are associated with the network topology. The performance of routing protocol depends on number of sent control packets, which in turn affects the energy consumption of whole network. This study investigates ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) Perkins et al. (Ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) routing, 2003 [1]) routing protocol under various network configurations and utilizing different mobility models, e.g., random waypoint (RWP), linear, Gauss–Markov, and mass mobility. All simulations have been done using OMNET++ IDE (https://​omnetpp.​org/​documentation/​ [2]). The execution is resolved on the premise of an aggregate number of sent control packets with varying node density, mobility, and different mobility types.