Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MOBILE COMPUTING
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 1272-1286Publisher
IEEE COMPUTER SOC
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2016.2591527
Keywords
Vehicular networks; instantaneous connectivity; network topology; mobility modeling
Funding
- People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme under REA [630211]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Understanding of the network topology is a basic building block towards the design of efficient networking solutions. In the context of vehicular networks, such a step is especially crucial due to the highly dynamic nature of vehicles that can lead to strong instantaneous variations in the structure of the network. This notwithstanding, and despite the soon-to-come real-world deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies, we still lack a clear understanding of vehicular network topological properties. In this paper, we present a complex network analysis of the instantaneous topology of a realistic vehicular network in Cologne, Germany. Our study unveils a poorly connected topology, with very limited availability, reliability, and navigability. We also examine the vehicular network topology in a second scenario, i.e., Zurich, Switzerland. The comparative analysis shows how simplistic mobility models can lead to unrealistic overly connected topologies.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available