Home // VEHICULAR 2017, The Sixth International Conference on Advances in Vehicular Systems, Technologies and Applications // View article

Evaluation of a General Purpose Communication Unit for Two-Wheelers

Authors:
Jose Santa
Pedro J. Fernandez
Antonio F. Skarmeta

Keywords: Communication unit; Two-wheeler; Performance evaluation; IPv6

Abstract:
Vehicular communications are a need in future smart scenarios, since people can spend hours on a variety of transport means in daily activities. However, most of the current research deals with the integration of telematics in light vehicles, while two-wheelers (or equivalent) present especial conditions that reveal a need for new communication units that allow integrating bikes and mopeds (among others) into vehicular networks. In this paper, this gap is solved with a new embedded design provided with IEEE 802.11p and cellular communications, which can work as a mobile router and presents a simple but effective interface for warning services. A key point of the proposal is the bet for IPv6 as the base network protocol, which will be the essential in all-connected environments following the IoT paradigm. The communication unit has been tested in a real driving scenario, and one-hop results using the 802.11p channel reveal communication delays bellow 2 ms, packet delivery rates above 50% within a road stretch of 400 meters, and a maximum throughput of 4 Mbps. These performance values are adequate for a number of safety, infotainment and exploitation services.

Pages: 42 to 47

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: July 23, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2327-2058

ISBN: 978-1-61208-573-9

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 23, 2017 to July 27, 2017