This paper presents a modification of a well-known routing protocol, namely Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector, as a solution to improve the performance of mobile ad hoc networks in 5G. We adapted the mobile agent technology and a novel metric for routing in those networks. The metric is a function of the loss rate, the bandwidth and the end-to-end delay of the link. In deed, we established a new tunable parameter to obtain a tradeoff between throughput and delay when computing the new metric. As a result, any routing protocol using this metric can always choose a high-throughput and low-delay path between a source and a destination. Hence, the achievable performance of the mobile ad hoc networks in 5G has been improved remarkably with our modified routing protocol.
End to End Delay Performance and Comparative analysis of Various TCP Variants in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs)