CVMS: Cloud based vehicle monitoring system in VANETs

Integration of Cloud computing with VANET is supposed to be the next big thing because of its scalability and reliability. In vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) the network services and applications (e.g., safety messages, vehicle navigation data) require an exchange of vehicle and event location information. This paper proposes a new VANET-Cloud integrated service called CVMS: (Cloud Based Vehicle Monitoring System in VANETs) as service in which, vehicles moving on the road serve as witnesses of designated events, capture the real time video or photo of specific location, route or a deadly accident. A group of vehicles with mounted on board navigation units collaborate to form the vehicular cloud and sends the real time data to central cloud using roadside cloud. The proposed real time cloud based video capture system has been experimented with various scenarios of video-based road services. The algorithm for efficient lane changing, navigation data transferring from vehicular cloud to the central cloud in a real time environment has been implemented on a simulator of an on board camera based embedded system. The goal of this service is to recognize and track faulty vehicle, emergency vehicles, video and photo capturing of any event, route or location. The presented work demonstrates the potential of our proposed system for enhancing and diversifying real-time video services in road environments.