Experimental evaluation of intersection control policies: A simulation based on ubiquitous computing and VANETs

The growing need for urban mobility implies new challenges for traffic management. Since vehicular networks (VANETs) will be available in future, new solutions can be applied to intersection control, offering more agility to transportation networks. While VANETs are not still widely deployed, this work explores the application of different intersection control policies on urban roads using ubiquitous simulation as support. Implementation of different policies to intersection control were made. Experimental evaluation shown that the deployment of VANETs and the use of other policies - other than those based on signal-timing plans - offer benefits to traffic management.