VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS
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This document outlines a course on vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). The course contains 5 units that cover topics such as traffic monitoring applications, models for vehicle movement and traffic flow, networking issues like routing protocols, delay-tolerant networking approaches, and localization techniques. Recommended textbooks and reference books on VANETs and wireless ad hoc networks are also provided.
VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS
- 1. : VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS Unit 1: Introduction to Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Traffic Monitoring, Causes of congestion, Traffic Monitoring Data, Common Applications of Traffic Data, Commonly used sensor technology, Detection methods, Unit 2: Models for Traffic flow and Vehicle Motion Models for Longitudinal Vehicle Movement, Lane changes situations, Simulating Vehicle-toVehicle and Infrastructure-to-Vehicle Communication Unit 3: Networking Issues Routing in MANET, Applicability of MANET Routing to Vehicular Environment, Routing protocols for VANET. Unit 4: Delay-Tolerant Networks in VANETs Deterministic/Stochastic Delay-Tolerant Routing, Vehicle Traffic Model, Vehicle- Roadside Data Access, Data Dissemination in VANETs Unit 5: Localization in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks Localization-Aware VANET applications, Localization Techniques for VANETs, Data Fusion in VANET Localization Systems Text Books: 1. Stephan Olariu, Michele C. Weigle, “Vehicular Networks from Theory to Practice”, CRC Press. 2. Hassnaa Moustafa and Yan Zhang, “Vehicular Networks: Techniques, Standards and Applications,” Auerbach Publications, 2009. 3. Selected Papers about Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs). Reference Books: 1. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B.S. Manoj, “Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols,” Prentice Hall, 2004. 2. William Stallings, “Wireless Communications and Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2004.