Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET): Architectures, methodologies and design issues

In the recent decade the VANET has been emerged as a prominent field for research and it receives considerable attention. VANET uses different specifications of the WLAN 802.11 family. It takes the basics of ad hoc network and the VANET creates a network with a collection of independent entities with the ability to communicate among themselves. The Adaption to the various 802.1 family causes a remarkable increase in the number of wireless network. The VANET has various benefits along with many challenges including security, privacy, Quality of communication, effective bandwidth utilization etc,. This article provides information about VANET and the related challenges.