Location-Aware Services Over Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks Using Car-to-Car Communication

Wireless inter-vehicle communication systems, called Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET), have become technologically advanced enough for real-world applications. This article investigates the need to develop services that can provide car drivers with time-sensitive information about traffic conditions and roadside facilities. The authors introduce the Vehicular Information Transfer Protocol (VITP), a location aware, application-layer, communication protocol designed to support a distributed service infrastructure over Vehicular Adhoc Networks. They describe the key design concepts of the VITP protocol and infrastructure and then report the results of an extensive simulation study of VITP performance on large-scale vehicular networks under realistic highway and city traffic conditions. They conclude that using VITP to provide location-aware services over VANETs is both viable and effective.

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• Authors:
  • Dikaiakos, M D
  • Florides, A
  • Nadeem, T
  • Iftode, L
• Publication Date: 2007-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 1590-1602
• Serial:
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0733-8716

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Automatic vehicle location; Communication devices; Computer network protocols; Driver information systems; Information dissemination; Information systems; Infrastructure; Internetworking (Telecommunication); Mobile radio; Real time information; Traffic simulation
• Identifier Terms: Vehicular Information Transfer Protocol
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01083189
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 2007 7:37AM