Reactive and adaptive protocol for inter-vehicle communications (RAP-IVC)

The inter-vehicle communication (IVC) is a direct transmission of information between vehicles without the use of a fixed infrastructure. Thus, it adapts quickly and easily to several circumstances. An IVC network is considered as an ad hoc network, which consists of a set of nodes (vehicles) that communicate through radio frequencies. We have presented the principal functionalities of a new reactive and adaptive protocol for IVC called: RAP-IVC.