IEEE 802.11 performances for inter-vehicle communication networks

The growth of wireless local area networks based on the IEEE 802.11 standard these last years represents a practical network solution offering mobility, flexibility and low cost deployment. This encourages the use of this protocol for new nomadic applications. Among such applications, wireless inter-vehicle networks could improve road security and offer new driving services. In this paper, we are interested by the performances of IEEE 802.11 protocol in networks with strong mobility like vehicle networks. Through simulations of vehicles convoys, we discuss the assessment of such protocol for large-scale vehicle-to-vehicle communications.