Zheng, Kan.

Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks [electronic resource] / by Kan Zheng, Lin Zhang, Wei Xiang, Wenbo Wang. - 1st ed. 2016. - XI, 82 p. 32 illus., 18 illus. in color. online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2191-8120 . - SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, .

Introduction -- Architecture of Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks -- Efficient MAC Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks -- Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks -- Conclusions and Outlook. .

This brief examines recent developments in the Heterogeneous Vehicular NETworks (HETVNETs), integrating cellular networks with Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) for meeting the communications requirements of the Intelligent Transport System (ITS)services. Along with a review of recent literature, a unified framework of the HetVNET is presented. The brief focuses on introducing efficient MAC mechanisms for vehicular communications, including channel access protocols, broadcast/multicast protocols, the location-based channel congestion control scheme and the content-based resource allocation scheme. The cooperative communication between vehicles is discussed. This brief concludes with a discussion on future research directions, and provides the readers with useful insights into the future designs in the HetVNETs, to motivate new ideas for performance improvements in vehicular networks. .

9783319256221

10.1007/978-3-319-25622-1 doi


Telecommunication.
Computer networks .
Communications Engineering, Networks.
Computer Communication Networks.

TK5101-5105.9

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