Simulation of a hierarchical routing protocol for MANET

Abstract

This paper presents the study of the Hierarchical Distance-Vector Geo-Routing (HDVG) protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) using NS-3 simulator. The criteria for selection of simulation environment are described. The distributed computing technique for NS-3 simulator is proposed. Simulation results show that HDVG, in general case, outperforms well-known routing protocols OLSR, AODV and GPRS.