Comparing AODV and CAODV Routing Protocols

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)  consist of large number of sensing nodes that organize themselves into multi-hop wireless networks. It is desirable for communication protocols to minimize the communication overhead and hence the energy consumption while keeping the data delivery relatively reliable. An ad hoc wireless network consists of mobile networks which creates an underlying architecture for communication without the help of traditional fixed-position routers. However, the architecture must maintain communication routes although the hosts are mobile and they have limited transmission range. There are different protocols for handling the routing in the mobile environment. So, in this paper we present two protocols –one is CAODV(Cross-Layer AODV),based on a cross-layer design and Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol used in wireless sensor networks -and the other is AODV(Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector) routing protocol used in ad hoc wireless networks and the comparison of these protocols