An Evaluation Model for Epidemic Routing in VANETs

Epidemic routing has emerged as a promising candidate for providing message dissemination method in vehicular ad hoc networks. In this paper, we present a novel model to evaluate the capacity of epidemic routing in vehicular networks with considering the traffic signal control as a significant factor in urban area. Our study reveal that epidemic routing can behave differently in various traffic signal control situations where messages can be forwarded by vehicles passing through the intersections from other directions. The simulation results prove the accuracy of the model.