BUSNet: Model and Usage of Regular Traffic Patterns in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks for Inter-Vehicular Communications

This paper looks into the possibility of using the regular traffic patterns provided by public buses to improve the performance of Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET) for Inter-vehicular communications systems (IVCS). MANET is an adhoc network with mobile nodes that are random and unpredictable. IVCS provide drivers and passengers with a range of services, and implementation of IVCS is possible using MANET. However, certain differences in the properties of nodes affect the performance. This performance degradation would be discussed in this paper through the results that are obtained from NS-2 simulations in a suggested Metropolitan GRID (M-GRID) scenario that attempts to simulate the physical traffic situation in a small part of any typical metropolitan environment. In view of this, a novel approach named BUSNet is introduced. This approach utilizes the deterministic nature of bus routes or any other public transport system to incorporate a mobile backbone infrastructure that improves the performance of IVCS using MANET.