Keywords :
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MANET, Routing Protocol, OLSR, DSDV, ZRP, DSR.
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Abstract :
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Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) enjoy a rising interest and are becoming more and more popular. Thereason of this interest can be explained by many advantages of MANETs, in parallel with the success ofwireless technologies. Wireless ad-hoc networks are autonomous, self-configuring and self-adaptive networks. Their ability to be operational rapidly and without any pre-existing infrastructure is appreciated inrescue applications or more generally in applications operating in changing, unstable or hostile environment. Moreover, they adapt themselves to dynamic, random and rapidly changing multi-hop topologies. To achieve that, a routing protocol is needed. This protocol can automatically discover the neighbors and topology,and sets up routes. Such networks also support mobility, as the information about routes and topology is constantly updated. This paper presents a review on various routing protocols in MANET and selects one of the routing protocols which may be perform better.
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