• DocumentCode
    270963
  • Title

    Harbornet: a real-world testbed for vehicular networks

  • Author

    Ameixieira, Carlos ; Cardote, André ; 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
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Sep-14
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    114
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.2014.6894460
  • Filename
    6894460