In-Vehicular Mobile Router: Challenges and Approaches1

The European research project OverDRiVE aims at, among other goals, developing IPv6 protocols to support mobility of hosts, as well as of networks, that are deployed in vehicular environments. The scenarios considered in OverDRiVE envision that future vehicular environments in trains, ships or cars provide on-line information to the driver and passengers; moreover, in some cases, provide even access to the vehicular communication infrastructure from the outside world. All electronic devices and appliances deployed in a vehicle (laptop PCs, screens, engine computers and sensors) are connected together with IPv6 protocols, and connected to the IPv6 Internet.