What are the differences between MANET and VANET?


The full form of VANET is Vehicular Adhoc Network. It is the subclass of network of MANET type whereas the full form of MANET is Mobile Adhoc Network. In this, all nodes can be interfaced dynamically in arbitrary fashion.

MANET features

The features are as follows −

  • It supports Dynamic topologies

  • It supports Energy constraint operation

  • It has Variable capacity links.

Here is an example picture of MANET −

VANET features

The features are as follows −

  • Cellular and WLAN network

  • Hybrid

  • Pure Ad hoc

Here is the example picture of VANET −

Differences

The differences between the MANETs with VANETs are as follows −

Parameters
MANETS
VANETS
Dynamic Topologies
The topologies change is slow.
The topology change is very frequent and fast.
Bandwidth constraints
The Bandwidth is 100Kps.
The bandwidth is Thousand Kps.
Scalability
They have medium scalability.
They have high scalability.
Energy constraints
It has a medium energy constraint.
It has low energy constraint.
Network and information security
It does not have fixed infrastructure. It is prone to attacks eg DoS, eavesdropping etc.
It has security issues which are illegal tracking, brute force attacks, eavesdropping etc.

Updated on: 17-Mar-2022

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