R. Anusha and P. Chenna Reddy

AODV is an on-demand reactive protocol which is on the standardization process of Internet engineering task force. This protocol initiates route discovery process when route is required to send packets from sender to receiver. AntHocNet depends on Ant Colony Optimization technique and is considered as hybrid routing protocol, which consists of reactive path setup and proactive path management. In ACO routing algorithm ants move between nest and the food source by laying pheromone trails to collect routing information. This paper does the performance comparison of protocols AODV and AntHocNet in static wireless networks. The performance is analyzed by metrics Packet Delivery Ratio, End-to-End Delay, Loss Rate, Throughput and Jitter. Routing protocols are evaluated by using User Datagram Protocol as transport protocol, Network Simulator (NS2.34) and by using 802.11 and 802.11b..

AODV, AntHocNet, ACO, performance.