Multicast routing selection for VANET using hybrid scatter search ABC algorithm

VANET has become very interesting and challenging area of research in recent years. VANET is a special class of Adhoc Network. VANET is an autonomous and self — configured wireless network. The highly dynamic environment and constrained mobility of VANET need efficient routing and resource sharing. Most of the applications in VANET require group communication. Group communication is facilitated by multicast routing. Many existing conventional protocols are not suitable for multicasting. In this paper a new multicast routing specially designed for VANET to meet challenges of multicasting is proposed.