Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks: A Review on Routing Protocols.

Abstract

A collection of wireless nodes laid out in an arbitrary and temporary fashion formed an Ad-hoc network .This type of network is self-originated, dynamic, and does not require any specific infrastructure. Mobile phones, PDA, or other mobile devices can be a node in MANET. Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) are established without the assistance of any additional network setup. Delay/ Disruption tolerant Networks (DTN) are a special type of MANET and are also applicable where the communicating nodes are intermittently connected or broken. People use the internet in their daily life to communicate with one another. But it requires proper infrastructure for data exchange. In some scenarios when network infrastructure is broken Pocket Switched Networks (PSN) can be an efficient alternative. In this paper, we review routing protocols in Mobile Ad-hoc paradigms, classify them into different categories, and finally, open issues for future research and possible solutions are also discussed.