AN INTELLIGENT VEHICLE APPROACH TO MOBILE VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS - Clustering Optimisation in Dynamic Traffic Networks

James G. Haran, Peng Fan, Peter Nelson, John Dillenburg

2005

Abstract

The application of Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) technologies to Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) in the service of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) has brought new challenges in maintaining communication clusters of network members for long time durations. Stable clustering methods reduce the overhead of communication relay in MANETs and provide for a more efficient hierarchical network topology. During creation of VANET clusters, each vehicle chooses a head vehicle to follow. Cluster stability in these simulations is measured by the average number of cluster head changes per vehicle during the simulation. In this paper we analyse the effects of six different clustering methods in a simulated highway environment to determine which method provides optimum stability over the simulation timeline.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

G. Haran J., Fan P., Nelson P. and Dillenburg J. (2005). AN INTELLIGENT VEHICLE APPROACH TO MOBILE VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS - Clustering Optimisation in Dynamic Traffic Networks . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 4: ICINCO, ISBN 972-8865-30-9, pages 224-231. DOI: 10.5220/0001178002240231

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco05,
author={James G. Haran and Peng Fan and Peter Nelson and John Dillenburg},
title={AN INTELLIGENT VEHICLE APPROACH TO MOBILE VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS - Clustering Optimisation in Dynamic Traffic Networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 4: ICINCO,},
year={2005},
pages={224-231},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001178002240231},
isbn={972-8865-30-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 4: ICINCO,
TI - AN INTELLIGENT VEHICLE APPROACH TO MOBILE VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS - Clustering Optimisation in Dynamic Traffic Networks
SN - 972-8865-30-9
AU - G. Haran J.
AU - Fan P.
AU - Nelson P.
AU - Dillenburg J.
PY - 2005
SP - 224
EP - 231
DO - 10.5220/0001178002240231