Simulation and Evaluation of Different Mobility Models in Disaster Scenarios

Peoples trapped in the disastrous areas may have chances to survive if they are rescued in seventy two hours. Ad hoc networks are considered more suitable for such scenarios due to infrastructure-less feature. Two different mobility models - Reference group Mobility Model and Disaster Area Model are generally used in such scenario. In this paper, various ad hoc routing protocols such as destination distance vector routing protocol, dynamic source routing protocol, ad hoc on demand routing protocol and ad hoc on demand multipath routing protocol are discussed and analyzed using reference group mobility models and disaster area model. Also these protocols are compared using various performance metrics such as packet delivery ratio, delay, throughput, control overhead, average energy consumed etc.