Evaluations of mobile ad hoc networks' dynamic source routing protocol and connection failure prediction mechanisms

Abstract

Constant change characterises a mobile ad hoc network.This network does not rely on any fixed
infrastructure but rather relies on the mobile nodes to dynamically construct a network as needed. Network
topology changes may lead to connection dropouts, which can lead source routing protocols to send more
route request (RREQ) packets. In order to enhance the on-demand source routing protocol, this paper
proposes a link failure prediction mechanism (LFPM). Node mobility may cause connection failures; this
LFPM can avoid them. We put the proposed method through its paces in the NS3 simulator. We performed
throughput analysis, average end-to-end latency, normalised routing load, and comparisons to industry
standards like dynamic source routing (DSR) to determine how well the proposed method performed.