Performance Evaluation of Pro-Active Routing Protocols with Fading Models: An Empirical Evaluation using Ns-2

Almost everything has been done by researchers in performance evaluation of adhoc routing protocols, but under ideal conditions. In previous researches they have carried out analysis based on simplified assumption and unrealistic propagation models. But in evaluating performance of routing protocols the most important factor to be overlooked is change/variation in signal strength, known as fading. The previous researchers had evaluated the performance of routing protocols under simplified and un-realistic propagation models. Thus the choices of selecting propagation models have great impact on the performance analysis. In this paper, comparative analysis will be carried out on the basis of performance evaluation under normal as well as realistic conditions. We will simulate non fading models such as free space and two ray ground for comparison with fading models such as shadowing, Ricean and Rayleigh fading, then accordingly compare the results. The paper is a future of ourearlier work reported in [Bilal Maqbool et.al 2010].