Performance Analysis of MANET Networks Based on AODV Protocol in NS-3 Simulator

In this paper a comparative analysis of network performance regarding to Random Waypoint (RW) and Gauss-Markov (GM) mobility models within Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector (AODV) protocol in Network Simulator 3 (NS-3) is given. Simulation results were compared according to throughput, percentage of packet loss, routing overhead, average end to end delay and jitter. In the simulations various node speeds and traffic loads are used. In order to obtain these network parameters a new software patch is developed for NS-3 simulator and used in this paper. The source code of this implementation is publicly available.