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Recent advances in communication technologies gave rise to the emergence of vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs). Due to the limitations of the wireless technologies used in such networks, designing routing protocols for VANETs is becoming a major ...

Vehicular wireless communications with Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET) utilizing Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication tools are key technological approaches in efforts to improve traffic safety and efficiency. The ...

This paper proposes a novel network architecture based on content routing and dissemination techniques, expressly adapted for hybrid mobile and vehicular ad-hoc networks. Hybrid vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) are a subclass of mobile ad-hoc networks ...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks can be consid- ered as a kind of mobile ad hoc network. One of the most important goals in UAV networks is to achieve a powerful collaborative fleet. For that, efficient communication pro- tocols are needed. In ...

In this article, we consider a realistic vehicular mobility model, VehILux, and use a sensitivity analysis method to quantitatively study the influence and interdependencies of its parameters. The analysis reveals several properties in the set of ...

Vehicular Ad~Hoc Networks (VANETs) allow vehicles to communicate with each other using wireless means and thus connect them in a very dynamic wireless network. The number of vehicles equipped with GPS devices continues to grow, but the accuracy of GPS ...

Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) are wireless networks with mobile nodes (vehicles) which connect in an ad-hoc manner. Many vehicles use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to provide their locations. However the inaccuracy of GPS devices leads to ...

In this paper, we present our perspective on cognition in wireless sensor networks for highway safety applications. Cognition in the context of sensor networks deals with the ability to be aware of the environment and end-user requirements and ...

Mobile objects can be equipped with hardware enabling them to collect data, as well as answer queries remotely and in real-time. For the latter, one needs to be able to effectively route queries from a base station to the queried object in an efficient ...

The goal of this work is to create a simple and intuitive interaction scheme for the in-car multimedia devices. In fact, we propose a hand gestures control that aims to minimize the users distraction while driving. We devise a set of gesture vocabulary ...

Vehicular networks are characterized by highly dynamic network topologies, frequent network fragmentations and the fact that movements of vehicles are constrained to pre-defined roadways. Researchers have devoted considerable efforts to the development ...

This paper proposes a semantic-based multi-agent framework to support development of vehicular social network applications. In the programming model of the framework, software platforms of vehicular social network systems can be developed by the ...

Vehicular Mesh Networks (VMNs) are a special kind of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). In VMNs, the mesh clients are vehicles which are equipped with wireless antennas for wireless communication. In VMNs, wireless terminals can transmit data frames among ...

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) have attracted many researchers that invested a lot of effort to develop many applications mainly for vehicular systems. Existing and investigated applications in vehicular systems are classified in two folds: ...

Nowadays, security is one of the most significant concerns when constructing a flexible and improvisational network. For a wireless ad hoc network, which is exposed to an open and cooperative environment, its vulnerability needs a more effective ...

The application of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) has been the topic of extensive research in the last decade. Various aspects of WSNs have been addressed in the context of transportation networks. However, ...

In vehicular ad hoc networks, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) safety-critical conditions require careful attention. In this paper, we use recent advances in cooperative communication to enhance the performance of VANETs. Although cooperative communication ...