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 VoIPlike

traffic can be routed through an ad hoc network using the Ad hoc Ondemand

Distance Vector routing protocol. This research determines the

suitability of OLSR as a routing protocol for MANETs running VoIP

applications in IPv6 networks.