A customizable visualization framework for VANET application design and development

Author

Barberis, Claudia ; Gueli, Enrico ; Le, Minh Tuan ; Malnati, Giovanni ; Nassisi, Alessandro

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Autom. e Inf., Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

9-12 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

569

Lastpage

570

Abstract

Prototyping distributed applications for VANETs requires an accurate large-scale simulation scenario where many nodes interact with one another in a complex way. To test and troubleshoot the application, node states and their evolution must be inspected. This process can be made easier by an interactive graphical user interface showing the distributed state at different levels of detail. In this paper, we propose ELVS, a general purpose visualization framework encapsulating a VANET simulator based upon JiST/SWANS and SUMO: by customizing data representation, ELVS allows displaying and investigating complex application-specific behaviors. The tool enables the implementation and rapid validation of an application against a large-scale scenario, supporting the developer in debugging distributed algorithms.

Keywords

data structures; distributed algorithms; graphical user interfaces; large-scale systems; vehicular ad hoc networks; JiST-SWANS; SUMO; customizable visualization framework; data representation; distributed algorithm; efficient large-scale VANET simulator; interactive graphical user interface; large-scale simulation; prototyping distributed application; vehicular ad-hoc network; Ad hoc networks; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Data models; Data visualization; Graphical user interfaces; Vehicles; VANET; VANET simulation; car-to-car communication; visualization framework;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

2158-3994

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8711-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722743

Filename

5722743