Validating connected vehicles architecture

Connected vehicles, smart cars, smart roads, and autonomous cars are bringing a new era of road transportation systems. In addition, several promising applications are looming based on these new concepts. This imposes unprecedented scenarios for cars and roads in modern transportation systems. Therefore, connected vehicles architectures must be developed and implemented carefully in order to accommodate these changes. On the other hand, several challenges appear when dealing connected vehicles due to the complex and dynamic characteristics of such system. Hence, it is essential to identify and validate possible challenges in connected vehicles architectures at early stages of development.