Performance Comparison of Multicast Routing Protocols for MANETs

Abstract

Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is a dynamic network of self controlled mobile nodes without any centralized coordinator or wired infrastructure. The physical measures adopted in wired networks are less efficient for wireless networks. The leading challenges of wireless networks are battery power, bandwidth and mobility. The best way of overcoming these challenges in wireless networks is through efficient routing protocols. Multicast is transferring data from a single source to a group of destinations identified by a single address. This paper compares three multicast routing protocol and finding the optimal one which will perform in a better way against the major challenges.