Title :
Harbornet: a real-world testbed for vehicular networks
Author :
Ameixieira, Carlos ; Cardote, AndreÌ ; Neves, Filipe ; Meireles, Rui ; Sargento, Susana ; Coelho, Luis ; Afonso, Joao ; Areias, Bruno ; Mota, Edjair ; Costa, Rodrigo ; Matos, Rubens ; Barros, Joao
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
We present a real-world testbed for research and development in vehicular networking that has been deployed successfully in the seaport of Leixoes in Portugal. The testbed allows cloudbased code deployment, remote network control and distributed data collection from moving container trucks, cranes, tow boats, patrol vessels, and roadside units, thereby enabling a wide range of experiments and performance analyses. After describing the testbed architecture and its various modes of operation, we give concrete examples of its use and offer insights on how to build effective testbeds for wireless networking with moving vehicles.
Keywords :
cloud computing; vehicular ad hoc networks; wireless mesh networks; Harbornet; Portugal; cloud based code deployment; container trucks; distributed data collection; patrol vessels; real-world testbed; remote network control; roadside units; tow boats; vehicular networks; wireless networking; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Intelligent vehicles; Internet; Mesh networks; Ports (Computers); Real-time systems; Vehicles; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2014.6894460
