Vehicular ad hoc network
A Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network, or VANet, is a form of Mobile ad-hoc network, to provide communications among nearby vehicles and between vehicles and nearby fixed equipment, usually described as roadside equipment.
Most of the concerns of interest to MANets are of interest in VANets, but the details differ. Rather than moving at random, vehicles tend to move in an organized fashion. The interactions with roadside equipment can likewise be characterized fairly accurately. And finally, most vehicles are restricted in their range of motion, for example by being constrained to follow a paved highway.
In addition, in the year 2006 the term MANet mostly describes an academic area of research, and the term VANet perhaps its most promising area of application.
See also
Vehicular Networks are an envision of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Vehicles communicate with each other via Inter-Vehicle Communication (IVC) as well as with roadside base stations via Roadside-to-Vehicle Communication (RVC). the optimal goal is that vehicular networks will contribute to safer and more efficient roads in the future by providing timely information to drivers and concerned authorities.
External links
- First ACM workshop on Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET)
- Vehicular Networking Systems Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Second ACM workshop on Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET)
- Third ACM workshop on Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET)
- Current Trends and Challenges of Vehicular Ad hoc Networks
- UCLA Vehicular Testbed
- Security of Vehicular Networks @ EPFL