Vehicular ad-hoc networks are a prospective technology which contribute to safer and more efficient roads. Inter-vehicle communication provides drivers and concerned authorities with information about road conditions, supports the coordination in case of emergency and improves traffic management. Furthermore, vehicular ad-hoc networks offer information and entertainment services to mobile users...

A Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET) is categorized as a Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) which delivers wireless network servies with an aim to improve road safety and enhance driving comfort. Diverse applications of Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks such as infotainment, road safety and public safety have made VANETs as a notable and emerging area of research and development. As of now, numerous vehicular...

VANETs (Vehicular Ad hoc Networks) are highly mobile wireless ad hoc networks and will play an important role in public safety communications and commercial applications. Routing of data in VANETs is a challenging task due to rapidly changing topology and high speed mobility of vehicles. Conventional routing protocols in MANETs (Mobile Ad hoc Networks) are unable to fully address the unique cha...

The Vehicular Safety Consortium (VSC), the Crash-Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP) consortium and the Vehicle Infrastructure Initiative (VII) [1] along with the giants of the light-duty vehicle manufactures, are working to develop pre-competitive safety technologies and various applications that can be offered in Vehicular ad-hoc Networks (VANETs), a special kind mobile ad-hoc networks where...

A vehicular Ad hoc network is an emerging and widely adopted technology because of their potentiality for innovative applications in transportation sector. Recently, the technology has been faced various challenges and rely on expensive architecture. The implementation of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) in vehicular networks reduces the required investment and improves intelligent applications pe...

IEEE 1609.4 Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) has been proposed to enhance the performance of vehicular networks with multi-channel operations that allow for the coexistence of safety-related and non-safety related vehicular applications. At present, the evaluation of 1609.4-based Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) constitutes an open issue due to the lack of simulat...

This paper explores recent improvements in 802.11p multi-channel protocol in vehicular ad-hoc networks. We provide definitions for a vehicular network and explore the operation of 802.11 within a vehicular network. We also study on areas of improvements of this protocol and briefly discuss on advantages and disadvantages of each solution.

In this paper, we develop a novel link reliability model for vehicle ad hoc networks, which consist of vehicular wireless mobile terminals. In order to accurately present the vehicular mobility of the node, classic traffic theory is applied that discards the dependence on different vehicular mobility scenarios. Road density and terminal relative speed are introduced in our model. We demonstrate...