TelemaTics communicaTion Technologies and Vehicular neTworks: wireless archiTecTures and applicaTions

Telematics communication technologies and vehicular networks have been identified as key technologies for increasing road safety and transport efficiency. Telematics communication technologies and vehicular networks aim to ensure traffic safety for drivers, provide comfort for passengers and reduce transportation time and fuel consumption. The development of vehicular communication and networking technologies are expected to enable many potential applications, including automatic collision notification and prevention , emergency management, assistances for safe driving, real-time traffic congestion notification, location-based driver information services, high-speed tolling, vehicle tracking, automobile Internet access, and many others. To facilitate these applications, many different new types of communication and networking would be involved, including intra-vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-roadside and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. This book aims to provide a fast and complete view of all aspects related to telematics communication technologies and vehicular networks. This book is intended for graduate students, researchers, engineer, and practitioners who are interested in acquiring a global view of the set of techniques and protocols that have been referred to as " Telemat-ics communication technologies and vehicular networks: wireless architectures and applications " in the literature. The book can serve as a reference resource for researchers, engineers, and developers working in the field of telematics technologies. This book includes 22 chapters which are classified into 7 Sections. Section 1 introduces the vehicular networks and intelligent transportation systems. Section 2 describes embedded system architecture and communication protocols. Section 3 reports location based services. Section 4 provides integrated vehicular applications. Section 5 presents vehicular ad hoc networks and delay tolerant vehicular networks. Section 6 explains management and traffic control. Finally, Section 7 talks about mobility model, simulation, and security for telematics communication technologies and vehicular networks. The first section of the book, Introduction of Vehicular Networks and Intelligent Transportation Systems , presents introductory materials that is preparatory for what us described in the rest of the book. Chapter 1, by Ming-Chiao Chen and Teng-Wen Chang, gives a short introduction to vehicular network architectures. This chapter discusses the architectures in the vehicular network environment, and introduces the overview of in-vehicle and out-vehicle network architectures. This chapter also discusses the next-generation vehicular network architecture, the modern in-vehicle networks, on-board computers and the Internet, mobile telecommunications and telematics applications in the ground vehicles. Chapter 2, by Yao-Chung Chang, introduces vehicular network applications. Four applications of the vehicular network are surveyed and discussed in this chapter. They are vehicular network application