Analysis of Topology Based Routing Protocols for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET)

TL;DR

This paper reviews various routing protocols for VANETs, focusing on comparing the efficiency of AODV and DSDV through simulation to identify their strengths and weaknesses in vehicular communication.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of topology-based routing protocols, specifically evaluating AODV and DSDV in VANET environments for the first time.

Findings

AODV shows better adaptability in high-mobility scenarios.

DSDV provides lower routing overhead in stable networks.

Both protocols have distinct advantages depending on network conditions.

Abstract

Now-a-days vehicles are one of the most important parts of our life. We need them to cross distances in our everyday life. In this paper we discuss Vehicular AdHoc Network (VANET) technology that can ensure the maintenance of traffic rules and regulation. By applying this technology we can save life, save time, corruption, vehicle security, avoid collision and so on. Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) is a part of Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET). Every node or vehicle can move freely and they will communicate each other by wireless technology in coverage. The main goal of this research is to study the existing routing protocols for ad-hoc network system and compared between AODV (Reactive) and DSDV (Proactive). We have studied different types of routing protocols such as topology based, position based, cluster based, geo-cast based and broadcast based. We have simulated and compared AODV (Reactive) and DSDV (Proactive) to find out their efficiency and detect their flaws.