Stimulating cooperation in self-organized vehicular networks

Author

Caballero-Gil, P. ; Molina-Gil, J. ; Hernandez-Goya, C. ; Caballero-Gil, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Stat., Oper. Res. & Comput., Univ. of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

8-10 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

346

Lastpage

349

Abstract

A Vehicular Ad-hoc NETwork (VANET) is a special form of Mobile Ad-hoc Network designed to provide communications among nearby vehicles and between vehicles and nearby fixed roadside equipment. Its main goal is to improve safety and comfort for passengers, but it can also be used for commercial applications. In this latter case, it will be necessary to motivate drivers to cooperate and contribute to packet forwarding in Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Roadside communications. This paper examines the problem, analyzes the drawbacks of known schemes and proposes a new secure incentive scheme to stimulate cooperation in VANETs, taking into account factors such as time and distance.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile communication; road safety; self-adjusting systems; ad-hoc network; mobile network; self-organized vehicular networks; vehicle-to-roadside communications; vehicle-to-vehicle communications; Ad hoc networks; Incentive schemes; Intelligent transportation systems; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Peer to peer computing; Proposals; Protocols; Road vehicles; Vehicle safety; Cooperation; VANET; Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2009. APCC 2009. 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4784-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4785-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.2009.5375621

Filename

5375621