A DYNAMIC INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR THE SUPPORT OF REAL-TIME TRAFFIC CONTROL
In this paper we consider a network architecture for short-range inter-vehicle communications and focus on a multiple access protocol to be carried on by adjacent vehicles, in order to coordinate their actions. The type of interactions that such a network should support are likely to generate short duration data bursts, which are best organized in the form of short, fixed-length packets. To carry this kind of information exchange, we propose a dynamically reconfigurable network, strictly connected to the ground-based cellular system that in turn serves vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. Vehicles are equipped with directional (or rotating) antennas, and set up temporary links with adjacent ones. The purpose of this structure is to realize a form of space division multiplexing, in order to increase the achievable throughput by spatial reuse of frequency and to simplify the task of the multiple access protocol.
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Authors:
- Bolla, R
- Davoli, F
- Nobile, C
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Conference:
- Transportation Systems 1997
- Location: Chania, Greece
- Date: 1997-6-16 to 1997-6-18
- Publication Date: 1997
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 1051-55
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Directional antennas; Highway traffic control; Intelligent control systems; Multiplexing; Real time control; Telematics; Vehicle to vehicle communications
- Uncontrolled Terms: Short range communications
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00767610
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0080429319
- Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 3
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 17 1999 12:00AM