ABSTRACT
A Mobile Ad Hoc Network is a collection of mobile wireless nodes connected together to form a dynamic
network without the need for any fixed infrastructure. This dynamic and unpredictable nature of MANETs
requires multi-path routing. In multipath routing multiple paths are established between a source and destination
pair of nodes. Multi-path routing provides several benefits such as fault-tolerance, load balancing etc.
Transmission power of nodes plays an important role in MANET communication. Now, let us assume that each
node can dynamically control the transmission power it uses independently of other nodes. The objective of this
work is to study the behavior and performance of the two multi-path MANET routing protocols with respect to
different transmission range/power of individual nodes of the network. We have selected Ad Hoc On-Demand
Multi-path Distance Vector (AOMDV) Routing Protocol and Multi-path Dynamic Address Routing (MDART)
Protocol for this study. We will analyze the impact of increase in transmission range/power of individual nodes on
the performance of these multi-path MANET routing protocols.
Keywords: - Ad hoc Network, AOMDV, MANET, MDART, Transmission Range, Transmission Power.