Evaluation of Table Driven Protocols-DSDV & OLSR in MANET

Ad-hoc networks are wireless networks where nodes communicate with each other using multi-hop links. There is no stationary infrastructure or base station for commu-nication. In the infrastructure network base stations are fixed. A MANET is a type of Ad-hoc network that can change locations and configure itself on the fly. Routing in Ad-hoc-networks has been a challenging task ever since the wireless networks came into existence. A number of protocols have been developed for accomplish this task. The objective of the proposed work is to study the Table driven(Proactive) Protocols- DSDV and OLSR protocol performance on the basis of Cumulative sum of no. of all generated packets, Throughput of dropping packets, Packet Size Vs. Average throughput of sending packets, Packet Size Vs. Average throughput of receiving packets, Throughput of receiving bits Vs. Maximal Simulation processing time. Output results are compared using network simulator-2(NS2) between DSDV and OLSR.