Vehicular ad hoc and grid networks: discussion, design and evaluation

This paper presents an overview of ongoing research on fixed (conventional), ad hoc, and grid networking technologies for advanced road safety applications and traffic management systems. Integration of fixed and ad hoc network infrastructure with grid networks is considered in order to address the enormous amount of data aggregation and processing requirements posed by the ubiquitous traffic monitoring and management systems. The discussions in this paper draw on experiences from a collaborative project at BT Research on Ubiquitous Traffic Telematics (Traffimatics) and various strands of research in telematics and ITS at Swansea University. For the covering abstract see ITRD E140665.