Study on selection of an efficient routing protocol for tactical wireless communication network

Abstract

In this paper we consider the selection and deployment of MANET protocol to efficiently route the traffic and communicate in Tactical Battle Area (TBA). Tactical Wireless Communication Network (TWCN) provides connectivity between Wide Area System (WAS) of TWCN nodes, forming a backbone transmission network. TWCN is for TBA that consists of Network Centric Systems. These entities impose routing challenges on the TWCN grid with regard to frequent linking and de-linking as well as bandwidth constraints due to varying RF conditions. Hence, it becomes critical to select a proper routing protocol for TWCN. The comparison results show that the proposed combination of protocol among existing routing protocols will be best suited for TWCN.