JWCN_V3_N1_RP4 Efficiency of Proactive and Reactive Routing Protocols in VANET Awantika Ashok Kumar Hardwari Lal Mandoria Journal On Wireless Communication Networks 2320 - 2351 3 1 17 21 DSDV (Destination Sequenced Distance Vector), DSR (Dynamic Source Routing), End-to-End Delay, Packet Delivery Ratio, VANET (Vehicular Ad-hoc Network) Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is an emerging area of interest in road security. It is a sub network of Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET). It is specially designed to provide road security by establishing Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication. Moving vehicles act as mobile nodes in VANET. As VANET is a new area, it is important to decide the best suitable protocol that matches with its rapid topology changes. This paper presents the study of Proactive and Reactive routing protocols in VANET on different parameters like Packet Delivery Ratio, End-to-End Delay and Throughput. On the basis of the above mentioned parameters efficiency of protocol is calculated. April - June 2014 Copyright © 2014 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=2738