An Efficient and Reliable MAC in VANETs

Author

Duc Ngoc Minh Dang ; Choong Seon Hong ; Sungwon Lee ; Eui-Nam Huh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Kyung Hee Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

18

Issue

4

fYear

2014

fDate

Apr-14

Firstpage

616

Lastpage

619

Abstract

Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET) is developed to enhance the safety, comfort and efficiency of driving. The IEEE 802.11p/WAVE and IEEE 1609.4 family are standards intended to support wireless access in VANETs. In this paper, we propose an Efficient and Reliable MAC protocol for VANETs (VER-MAC) which allows nodes to broadcast safety packets twice during both the control channel interval and service channel interval to increase the safety broadcast reliability. By using the additional data structures, nodes can transmit service packets during the control channel interval to improve the service throughput.

Keywords

access protocols; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; vehicular ad hoc networks; wireless LAN; IEEE 1609.4 family; IEEE 802.11p/WAVE; MAC; VANET; VER-MAC; control channel interval; data structures; efficient MAC protocol; reliable MAC protocol; safety; safety broadcast reliability; safety packets; service channel interval; service packets; vehicular ad hoc network; wireless access; Analytical models; Delays; Electromyography; Reliability; Safety; Throughput; Vehicular ad hoc networks; MAC protocol; Multi-channel; VANETs; Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2014.030114.132504

Filename

6774418