The routing protocol of a Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is one of the most important factors in determining how successful the network will be. Routing methods are required to rely on distributed routing tables because there is no centralised network infrastructure. These routing tables are stored locally on each node. However, mobility is a significant challenge when attempting to design an efficient arrangement. Modern routing methods, such as Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) and Ad Hoc on Demand Distance Vector (AODV), are available for use in situations that include frequent changes to the topology of the network. The provision of helpful routing is the objective of each of these standard protocols, although the degree to which each one is successful in practise varies depending on the network. This work builds a more realistic simulation environment on top of the EXata simulator so that the performance of three well-known protocols—AODV, DSR, and DYnamic MANET On-demand routing (DYMO)—can be evaluated more precisely. These protocols are: AODV, DSR, and DYMO. Measuring evaluation measures such as Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), end-to-end delay, throughput, and jitter in various network scenarios with varying numbers of nodes and speeds allows for an assessment of the flexibility of these routing methods. During the testing phase, the quantity of black holes and grey holes—both of which can create disruptions in routing—is changed in order to evaluate the robustness of the protocols in an adversarial environment. The work that is being detailed here is an important resource that may be used to evaluate various routing protocols in a number of different settings.

Ad hoc Routing Protocol, EXata Network Simulator, Node Population, Node Mobility, Routing Disruption.