6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

A Novel Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol for VANETs

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158242,
        author={Lian Zhao and Khalid Abdel Hafeez and Zaiyi Liao and Bobby Ngok-Wah Ma},
        title={A Novel Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol for VANETs},
        proceedings={6th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2012},
        month={3},
        keywords={vanet mac clustering mobility},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158242}
    }
    
  • Lian Zhao
    Khalid Abdel Hafeez
    Zaiyi Liao
    Bobby Ngok-Wah Ma
    Year: 2012
    A Novel Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol for VANETs
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158242
Lian Zhao1, Khalid Abdel Hafeez1,*, Zaiyi Liao1, Bobby Ngok-Wah Ma1
  • 1: Ryerson University
*Contact email: kabdelha@ryerson.ca

Abstract

Since vehicular safety applications have strict requirements on reliability and low latency, we propose a novel medium access control protocol (MAC) for VANETs. Cluster heads are elected based on their relative speed and stability on the road with minimal overhead since all clustering information are embedded in control channel’s safety messages. We showed that the proposed protocol can support the traffic safety efficiency and reliability and increase the stability of the cluster topology by increasing the cluster head’s lifetime and the dwell time of its members.