A new kind of ad hoc network is hitting the streets: Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANets). In these networks, vehicles communicate with each other and possibly with a roadside infrastructure to provide a long list of applications varying from transit safety to driver assistance and Internet access. In these networks, knowledge of the real-time position of nodes is an assumption made by most proto...

In this paper we investigate the use of ad-hoc routing algorithms for the exchange of data between vehicles. There are two main aspects that are of interest in this context: the specific characteristics of ad-hoc networks formed by vehicles and the applicability of existing ad-hoc routing schemes to networks that display these characteristics. In order to address both aspects we generate realis...

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF VOICE CHAT IN VEHICULAR AD-HOCNETWORKSby VINEETH RAKESH MOHAN

OF THE DISSERTATION Towards the Efficient Design of Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks

M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 3 www.insidegnss.com GNSS technology constitutes a fundamental element for new intelligent transport systems (ITSs) and their applications, such as advanced driver assistance, dangerous goods tracking, and distance-based toll systems. Due to the weak strength of navigation signals from distant satellites, however, these applications are threatened by malicious as well as u...

Recent advances in hardware, software, and communication technologies are enabling the design and implementation of a whole range of different types of networks that are being deployed in various environments. One such network that has received a lot of interest in the last couple of years is the Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET). VANET has become an active area of research, standardization, and...