Author : Kavita Sharma, Poonam Pathak, Shailendra Kumar Dwivedi and Priya Dwivedi

Wireless networking has become an important area of research in academic and industry. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is one of the upcoming generations (4G) promising networks to cover some of the consumers’ needs. It is a promising technology that is intended to deliver fixed, and more newly, mobile broadband connectivity. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is a technology that provides the connection between fixed and mobile network access. It provides the same subscriber experience for fixed and mobile user. WiMAX network is developed mainly due to the coverage area which is larger as compared to all other networks. This network is easily deployable and guaranteed Quality of service. In this paper, we have investigated different routing protocols and evaluated their performances on 802.16 WiMAX networks and provided performance comparison of routing protocols such as AODV, OLSR, ZRP and RIP based on the parameters including average throughput, average jitter and average End-to-End delay by using Qualnet 6.1simulators.We also tried to improve the performance of WiMAX by analysing the network with and without mobility.

Keywords: WiMAX 802.16, AODV, OLSR, ZRP, RIP, Qualnet 6.1

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.4, No.6 (Dec-2014)