International Journal of Computing and Network Technology ISSN (2210-1519) Int. J. Com. Net. Tech. 4, No. 2 (May-2016) E-mail: laith_aldbagh@yahoo.com, siddeeq.ameen@asu.edu.bh, shefadawwd@yahoo.com, al_qaraawi55@yahoo.com http://journals.uob.edu.bh Comparative Study of Ad-hoc Routing Protocol for Oil and Gas Pipelines Surveillance Systems Layth M. Fawzi 1 , Siddeeq Y. Ameen 2 , Shifa A. Dawwd 1 and Salih M. Alqaraawi 3 1 Department of Computer Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq 2 Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies, Applied Science University, Bahrain 3 Department of Computer Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq Received: 23 Jan. 2016, Revised: 5 Apr. 2016, Accepted: 16 Apr. 2016, Published: 1 May 2016 Abstract: Development and growth in all spheres of life has led to increased demand for modern technology such as video surveillance system. In this paper an oil pipeline surveillance system based on Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) as one of the means used to limit these risks is designed, implemented and evaluated. The MANET is infrastructure less (self-organized) wireless network, where each node can work as host (camera) and router at the same time. The topology design of oil pipeline imposes several constraints on the amount of video can be transmitted through the network depending on the size and the rate of the packets generated by each camera. Two types of routing protocols are examined for the proposed surveillance MANET, reactive (AODV) and proactive (OLSR). The results of comparison under different network loads and packets rate show that the AODV gives better performance over OLSR in terms of throughput, Packet lost, PTR and overhead. Therefore AODV protocol can be considered as strong candidate to be used in MANET wireless networks for oil and gas surveillance system. Keywords: Video surveillance system, Pipeline monitoring, MANET, AODV, OLSR. 1. INTRODUCTION In the recent years, there has been a growing interest in video surveillance applications and monitoring systems. The reasons for this interest is the entry of these systems in different applications field, including industrial, agricultural, military as well as scientific researches. These applications require remotely monitoring to reduce the effort and costs; However, one of the most important goals of surveillance systems is to get information about the behavior and location of the foreign objects within certain sensing environment, as well as monitoring the performance of a particular system [2]. Video surveillance can be used in general surveillance systems, oil and gas industry, fire emergency, motorway monitoring and smart home [3][4]. These networks are found everywhere in multiple applications of the real world such as remote monitoring, environmental monitoring and surveillance systems [1]. Surveillance systems for oil and gas pipelines represent a combination of cameras, sensors, or both to closely monitor specific locations and can be constructed using wired or wireless networks. Each type has specific features and limitations [5]. Wireless networks gain many advantages against wired networks such as mobility, cost- effective and adaptability [6]. Wireless network technology can be divided into infrastructure-based and infrastructure-less (Ad hoc Network) [4]. Traditional design of the surveillance systems on the basis of infrastructure wireless networks are depend on the collect and send information to a predefined site such as, base station or server for the purposes of processing and observation. The cost of traditional system will be very high when the monitored area becomes very long. Thus, more base stations are required. Increasing the number of base stations leads to increase system cost, interference problems, handover problems, high power consumption, and complicate the system management [7]. Therefore, designing a surveillance system based on infrastructure-less network (Ad-Hoc) overcomes these problems and provides efficient network operation. Wireless camera networks can be used for long distance monitoring application. Most of these networks (wireless camera networks) were built on the basis of wireless infrastructure network. This type of network requires base stations (access points or routers) to connect