Opportunistic Wireless Internet Access in Vehicular Environments Using Enhanced WAVE Devices
Authors: Zang, Yunpeng and Weiss, Erik and Stibor, Lothar and Walke, Bernard and Chen, Hui and Cheng, Xi
Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University
: Yunpeng Zang
In International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology, Vol. 1, No. 2, p.p. 83-100, Korea,SERSC, 2008.
Publication Date: Apr, 2008
On page(s):83-100
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Abstract The emerging Car-to-Car communication (C2C) technology, known as Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE), enables vehicles on the roadway to communicate with each other and with the roadside infrastructure. In addition to safety-relevant services, drivers may also need Internet access through C2C communications for infotainment services and car maintenance services, as specified in MobilitY and CollAboRative Work in European Vehicle Emergency NeTworks (MYCAREVENT) project. In this article we propose solutions for providing on-board Internet access service to automotive users through C2C communications. The proposed solutions make use of roadside infrastructure and the novel MYCAREVENT Vehicular Communication Gateway (VCG) device. A management scheme is developed for the opportunistic wireless links between On-Board Units (OBUs) and Road-Side Units (RSUs), as well as between OBUs and VCGs in vehicular communications. Furthermore, we invent a novel MAC queue architecture addressing the drawback of the current WAVE MAC protocol in supporting unicast traffic in highly dynamic vehicular environments. At the end, stochastic simulation results are presented to prove the concepts and validate the proposed solutions.
Author Keywords
Vehicular Communication, WLAN, VANET, WAVE
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@ARTICLE{ZaWeStWaChChIJHIT08,
AUTHOR = {Zang, Y. and Weiss, E. and Stibor, L. and Walke, B. and Chen, H. and
Cheng, X.},
TITLE = {Opportunistic Wireless Internet Access in Vehicular Environments Using
Enhanced WAVE Devices},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology},
YEAR = {2008},
MONTH = {Apr},
VOLUME = {1},
PAGES = {83-100},
PUBLISHER = {SERSC},
ADDRESS = {Korea},
NUMBER = {2},
AFFILIATION = {Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University},
ISSN = {1738-9968},
KEYWORDS = {Vehicular Communication, WLAN, VANET, WAVE},
URL = {https://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de}
}