Multiple Damage Vehicular Ad Hoc Network

The era of Internet of Things (IoT) has begun to evolve and with this the devices around 8 us are getting more and more connected. Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANETs) is one of the 9 applications of IoT. VANET allow vehicles within these networks to communicate effectively with 10 each another. VANETs can provide an extensive range of applications that support and enhance 11 passenger safety and comfort. It is important that VANETs are applied within a safe and reliable 12 network topology; however, the challenging nature of reaching reliable and trustworthy agreement 13 in such distributed systems is one of the most important issues in designing a fault-tolerant system. 14 Therefore, protocols are required so that systems can still be correctly executed, reaching 15 agreement on the same values in a distributed system, even if certain components in the system 16 fail. In this study, the agreement problem is revisited in a VANET with multiple damages. The 17 proposed protocol allows all fault-free nodes (vehicles) to reach agreement with minimal rounds of 18 message exchanges, and tolerates the maximal number of allowable faulty components in the 19 VANET. 20