Hello. To get to an understanding about the best routing protocol, there is the need to use a common evaluation methodology. This is a problem, since there is no such evaluation framework which should define parameters, scenarios configurations to be used to test all routing approaches.
Although I do not know of such approach for manets, I can point you to the following articles (open) that describe such evaluation framework for opportunistic routing, which, contrary to mantes can work in scenarios with intermittent connectivity. But in my opinion such framework can also be used to manets:
- Waldir Moreira, Paulo Mendes, Susana Sargento, "Assessment Model for Opportunistic Routing", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol 10 Issue 3 April 2012