Guest Editorial

The articles in this special issue address the technologies and applications supported by the Internet of vehicles (IoV). The new IoT is driving the evolution of conventional vehicle networks into the IoV. The difference of the vehicle concept in VANET and IoV makes these two scenarios essentially different in the device, communications, networking, and services aspects. In VANET, a vehicle is mainly considered as a node to disseminate messages among vehicles. In the IoV paradigm, each vehicle is considered as a smart object equipped with a powerful multisensor platform, communications technologies, computation units, and Internet protocol (IP)-based connectivity to the Internet and to other vehicles either directly or indirectly. In addition, a vehicle in IoV is envisioned as a multicommunication model, enabling the interactions between intravehicle components, vehicles and vehicles, vehicles and road, and vehicles and people.