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International Journal of Computing and Business Research ISSN (Online) : 2229-6166 Volume 2 Issue 3 September 2011 SIMULATION STUDY OF AODVDSR Sima, Ashwani Kush Department of Computer Science, Karnal Institute of Technology Management, Karnal, Haryana, India Department of Computer Science, University College, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India Abstract Mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is an autonomous system of mobile nodes connectedby wireless links. Each node operates not only as an end system, but also as a router toforward packets. The nodes are free to move about and organize themselves into anetwork. These nodes change position frequently. A comparative analysis has been done using network simulator NS2. As per our findings the differences in the protocol mechanics lead to significant performance differentials for both of these protocols.The results presented in this work illustrate the importance in carefully evaluating and implementing routing protocols in an ad hoc environment. Keywords: MANETS, AODV, DSR. 1. Introduction Portable nodes-Notebooks, palmtops or even mobile phones usually compose wireless ad-hoc networks. This portability also brings a significant issue of mobility. This is a key issue in ad-hoc networks. The mobility of the nodes causes the topology of the network to change constantly. Reactive routing protocols were intended for these types of environments. These are based on the design that there is no point on trying to have an image of the entire network topology, since it will be constantly changing. Instead, whenever a node needs a route to a given target, it initiates a route discovery process on the fly, for discovering out a pathway [1]. Reactive protocols start to set up routes on-demand. The routing protocol will try to establish such a route, whenever any node wants to initiate communication with another node to which it has no route. The different types of On Demand drive