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VANETs Networking Protocols: An Analytical Study

Authors:
Samira Harrabi
Ines Ben Jaafar
Khaled Ghedira

Keywords: VANET; Routing protocols; OMNET++.

Abstract:
Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs) are considered as a class of Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs). The VANETs are a set of vehicles that are capable of exchanging data dynamically and without needing any pre-existing and fixed network infrastructure. Each node sends and receives messages in its communication area. Thus, message routing is done through a routing protocol. Despite the fact that the VANETs are a subgroup of the MANETs, they possess exceptional network behaviors like high mobility and dynamic topology, which make the MANETs routing protocols unsuitable for the VANETs. This paper summarizes the different protocols used for routing in the VANETs that focuses on a vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Utilizing an OMNET++ simulator, the experimental results are discussed to compare the presented routing protocol categories.

Pages: 1 to 8

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: July 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4405

ISBN: 978-1-61208-490-9

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 24, 2016 to July 28, 2016