Opportunistic vehicular communication: Challenges and solutions

Abstract

Wireless applications have become significant in numerous fields [1] such as the auto industry. Indeed, the convergence of telecommunication, computation, wireless technology, and transportation technologies has contributed to the facilitation of our roads and highways as far as communications are concerned. This convergence in a sense is considered as a platform in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) where each vehicle is assumed to be equipped with devices as nodes in order to create contact with other nodes. Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) were introduced in Chapter 3. Because the features of a vehicle network are different from those of other types of MANETs, this network is called a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) [2]. © 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.