Performance Evaluation of Radio Propagation Model for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Using Vanetmobisim and NS-2

VANET is a higher version of Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (MANET). Which protocols used in the MANET is suitable to the VANET also. Many researchers are involved in VANET field, which can provide life safety and traffic management system. In continuous growth of the vehicular industry, designing and implementing VANET is a complex and wide area of research. Thus, as the authors all know that these studies and practices are still simulation based because it is impracticable to use real vehicles for the large scenario in different conditions to develop new algorithms and protocols for VANET. A wireless channel is unfirm and lossy so simulators for VANET require a model of these characteristics.