Performance Evaluation of OLSR Routing Protocol for VOIP Applications under IPv6 Environment

Abstract

In areas in which there is little or no communication infrastructure or the existing infrastructure is expensive or inconvenient to use, wireless mobile users may still be able to communicate through the formation of an ad hoc network. This research investigates the overall performance of the Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) under IPv6 environment. Using VoIP over MANETs takes advantage of the mobility and versatility of a MANET environment and the flexibility and interoperability of a digital voice format affords. Research shows that VoIP-like traffic can be routed through an ad hoc network using the Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector routing protocol. This research determines the suitability of OLSR as a routing protocol for MANETs running VoIP applications in IPv6 networks.