Introduction to reactive protocol
Santosh Kumar Kalwar · IEEE Potentials · 2010
A protocol is set of rules for communications. Reactive protocols are a kind of communication protocol. The main purpose of reactive protocols is to react based only "on the demand." It is just like saying, "When you need me, tell me." A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) contains several different kinds of protocol, one of which is the ad hoc distance vector routing algorithm (AODV). The AODV routing protocol is intended for use by mobile nodes in an ad hoc network. Another is the dynamic protocol.