Application Driven Routing for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks – A Necessity

Martin Koubek; Olivia Brickley; Susan Rea; Dirk Pesch

1st International ICST Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems

Research Article

Application Driven Routing for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks – A Necessity

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.ISVCS2008.3573,
    author={Martin Koubek and Olivia Brickley and Susan Rea and Dirk Pesch},
    title={Application Driven Routing for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks -- A Necessity},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Symposium on Vehicular Computing Systems},
    proceedings_a={ISVCS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Car-to-Car Communication Car-to-Infrastructure Communication Routing Data dissemination},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.ISVCS2008.3573}
}

Martin Koubek
Olivia Brickley
Susan Rea
Dirk Pesch
Year: 2010
Application Driven Routing for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks – A Necessity
ISVCS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.ISVCS2008.3573

Martin Koubek¹^,*, Olivia Brickley¹^,*, Susan Rea¹^,*, Dirk Pesch¹^,*

1: Centre for Adaptive Wireless Systems, Electronic Engineering Dept Cork Institute of Technology Ireland

*Contact email: Martin.Koubek@cit.ie, olivia.brickley@cit.ie, Susan.Rea@cit.ie, Dirk.Pesch@cit.ie

Abstract

Vehicular communications is regarded as being a major innovative feature for in-car technology. At present, all major industrialised countries are actively promoting research focusing on this issue and car manufacturers are pushing product development through in-house research and standardisation efforts. Vehicular communications can be used in a diverse range of applications for improving road safety through the dissemination of warning messages to alert drivers of accidents, road conditions etc. and to provide Internet access to passengers via gateways along the road. However, the routing of data packets through the VANET is a complex problem requiring a robust solution since network topology and communication conditions may vary heavily. Protocols for data dissemination play a fundamental role for effective realisation of vehicular network applications. Presented in this paper is a framework to support application driven routing where the data dissemination and routing strategies are tightly coupled and dynamically tailored in response to the current application demands.

Keywords: Car-to-Car Communication Car-to-Infrastructure Communication Routing Data dissemination

Published: 2010-05-16
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.ISVCS2008.3573