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@article{174970,
        author = {S GEETHA PRIYA and SAKTHILAKSHMI M and GAYATHRI V and NIVETHA J and BHAVANI N and AISHWARYA C and SUGAPRIYA B and DHANUSHYA G},
        title = {A Study on  Reactive and Hybrid Protocols in MANET},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {2591-2596},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=174970},
        abstract = {Mobile ad hoc networks are a type of transitory networks where nodes are moving without any established infrastructure or centralized management. The terms "mobile" and "ad hoc" refer to transient networks without any fixed infrastructure.  An infrastructure-less network known as a MANET is self-configurable, meaning that any node can travel in any direction and create any network architecture Due to the high degree of mobility of the nodes in a MANET, the topology is constantly changing and the nodes are dynamically joined in any way. MANETs are used in a wide range of applications, including emergency services, battlefields, and disaster detection, they offer numerous benefits to numerous enterprises that require wireless roaming. Routing in MANETs is a challenging task that has drawn a lot of interest from researchers worldwide. Numerous routing protocols have been created to get around this problem, and the number is steadily growing. In this paper we discuss on proactive and reactive protocols in MANET. Further we discuss on the classification of proactive protocols and reactive protocols.},
        keywords = {MANET, MOBILE NETWORK, REACTIVE, HYBRID},
        month = {April},
        }