Advances in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks : Developments and Challenges

Product or company names used in this set are for identification purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Advances in vehicular ad-hoc networks : developments and challenges / Mohamed Watfa, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: "This book tackles the prevalent research challenges that hinder a fully deployable vehicular network, presenting a unified treatment of the various aspects of VANETs and is essential for not only university professors, but also for researchers working in the automobile industry"-Provided by publisher. All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher. introduction With the sharp increase of vehicles on roads in the recent years, driving has not stopped from being more challenging and dangerous. Roads are saturated , safety distance and reasonable speeds are hardly respected, and drivers often lack enough attention. Without a clear signal of improvement in the near future, leading car manufacturers decided to jointly work with national government agencies to develop solutions aimed at helping drivers on the roads by anticipating hazardous events or avoiding bad traffic areas. One of the outcomes has been a novel type of wireless access called Wireless Access for Vehicular Environment (WAVE) dedicated to vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside communications. While the major objective has clearly been to improve the overall safety of vehicular traffic, promising traffic management solutions and on-board entertainment applications are also expected by the different bodies (C2CCC