On-Demand Multicasting in Ad-hoc Networks: Performance Evaluation of AODV, ODMRP and FSR

Adhoc networks are characterized by connectivity through a collection of wireless nodes and fast changing network topology. Wireless nodes are free to move independent of each other which makes routing much difficult. This calls for the need of an efficient dynamic routing protocol. Mesh-based multicast routing technique establishes communications between mobile nodes of wireless adhoc networks in a faster and efficient way. In this article the performance of prominent on-demand routing protocols for mobile adhoc networks such as ODMRP (On Demand Multicast Routing Protocol), AODV (Adhoc on Demand Distance Vector) and FSR (Fisheye State Routing protocol) was studied. The parameters viz., average throughput, packet delivery ration and end-to-end delay were evaluated. From the simulation results and analysis, a suitable routing protocol can be chosen for a specified network. The results show that the ODMRP protocol performance is remarkably superior as compared with AODV and FSR routing protocols. Keywords: MANET, Multicast Routing, ODMRP, AODV, FSR.