here is one simulator

http://svs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vanet

hi

can simulation VANET using OPNET modular, this paper can help you

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00985936/document

also can simulation it by using MATLAB and also this paper can help you

http://ar.scribd.com/doc/183176476/Study-Simulation-of-Vehicular-Ad-Hoc-Networks-using-MATLAB

i wish the best for you>..

There are two parts to the answer here: firstly the network simulator, and secondly the road traffic simulator. SUMO is a widely used road traffic simulator; there is a framework called VEINS which allows SUMO to be coupled to OmNeT++ (a widely used network simulation platform). We have used this combination with great success; an alternative approach is to use your own glue to tie SUMO to another simulator (we have also done this with Qualnet and it works very well).

References:

http://veins.car2x.org/

http://www.dlr.de/ts/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-9883/16931_read-41000/

http://www.omnetpp.org/

I've attached two of our publications which are relevant; we have a few additional papers currently under review.

Conference Paper Studying the Impact of the CORNER Propagation Model on VANET...

Conference Paper Experimental validation of the CORNER urban propagation mode...

Try ns3

Veins is a good alternative,

http://veins.car2x.org/

It is free,

Good radio models

Use sumo, a well know road traffic simulator

It is well supported

There are various models in NetSim and you can check with them

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You can use SUMO and MOVE for traffic simulation in VANET. Then you can program using MATLAB or Python for change in the scripts.

We have tried with SUMO and Move. But I think they are not compatible. Have you any solution for this problem?

SUMO and NetSim are compatible. Road / traffic can be simulated in SUMO and this can then be interfaced with NetSim for network communication simulation.

Dear Ali H. Al-Bayatti 

Is it free?

I have the same problem

Can i use VanetMobiSim + TraNS + OPNET Modeler

VanetMobiSim for Mobility, TraNS for VANET Simulator,  and OPNET as Network Simulator?

I would recommend using SUMO (for road traffic modeling) plus NetSim (http://www.tetcos.com) for modeling IEEE WAVE / LTE for VANETs.

Various Q & A on VANET simulation with NetSim is available at https://tetcos.freshdesk.com/solution/folders/14000118424

Please anyone have VANET mobility model in matlab .Manhattan and freeway

you can use matlab vanet toolbox but just for V2V for now

Have you looked at NetSim VANET library (https://tetcos.com/vanets.html)?