Comparative and Behavioral Study on VANET Routing Protocols

Abstract

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) without any support from fixed infrastructure offer a large number of applications. A Complete understanding of the communications Channel between vehicles is necessary for realistic modeling of VANETs and the development of related technologies and applications. This paper gives a brief summary of different routing algorithms in VANET and also discusses the major classifications. The comparative study is mainly done on the essential characteristics and behavior of the protocols and based on the comparison results, the position based protocol is considered as the best for handling issues in packet delay, traffic congestion and better throughput in Vehicular ad hoc networks.