Performance Comparison of Fresh and Spray & Wait Protocol through ONE Simulator

Abstract

Opportunistic Networks (OppNets) are becoming the prime interest for researchers day-by-day due to the large scope of further research into it. An opportunistic network is used to transmit data in an environment of intermittent connectivity. OppNet offers a variety of routing protocols based on different strategies. Each protocol has some pros and cons. Among the available ones, Fresh Routing Protocol and Spray-and-wait Routing Protocol are the most efficient routing protocols in terms of performance during data transmission. This paper aims to compare these two different routing protocols through simulation on the ground of standard performance metrics. It is believed that this simulation comparison will help upcoming researchers in the selection of appropriate routing protocol as per their requirement