VIRTUS: A resilient location-aware video unicast scheme for vehicular networks

Video streaming capabilities over Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are crucial to the development of interesting and valuable services. However, VANETs are a challenging environment to this kind of communication due to the dispersion and movement of vehicles. In this work, we present a feasible solution to this problem. The VIdeo Reactive Tracking-based UnicaSt protocol (VIRTUS) is a receiving-based solution that uses vehicles´ current and future location for a selection policy of relaying nodes. It fulfills video streaming requirements without incurring into an excessive number of transmissions. Besides that, it outperforms other baseline solutions.