Interim Dean of the School of Engineering, Dr. Abel Ajibesin, attended a three-day conference at ADA University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
The conference which was organized by the Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers (IEEE) was held from October 23 to 25.
At the 13th Conference of the IEEE on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT), the professor presented his peer-reviewed paper which he co-authored with the VP for Academic Affairs & Provost, Prof Muhammadou Kah.
The paper presents the evaluation and analysis of three MANET routing protocols.
MANET which stands for Mobile Ad-Hoc Network is also known as infrastructure-less network as it relies on wireless technology whereby the propagation of radio frequency does not require a physical medium. In other words, it is a network in which mobile computers are dynamically forming a network topology without the use of existing network infrastructure or centralized control.
The paper compared the performance of two topology-based reactive (AODV and DSR) protocols and a destination-based proactive protocol (DSDV) using the Network Simulation 2 (NS2) tool. The simulation model consists of three metrics namely, throughput, packet delivery ratio (PDR) and jitter.
The analysis shows that some protocols perform better than others in a particular network. One of the results has shown that AODV protocol outperformed the other two protocols for all the metrics that were considered when the communication network is large, while the DSR is the preferred protocol in smaller networks.
On why this study is important, Professor Ajibesin said for effective and efficient communication, MANET operation requires specialized routing protocols that are different from wire-based protocols.
"The statistical analysis provided in the paper is useful information for network designers and operators to determine which of the routing protocols is the most effective for a particular mobile ad-hoc network."
The professor further gave the importance of MANET. He said an important feature of MANET is that it has greater mobility compared to the wired network. MANET allows a group of computers to interact and form a useful network directly with each other whenever they are within the transmission range making the communication among the computers to be self-configured.
"As a result, the MANET technology has become a useful computer application in areas like a danger zone, military battlefield, interactive lectures, and surveillance."
Reported by Omorogbe Omorogiuwa