A survey and qualitative analysis of mac protocols for vehicular ad hoc networks

Author

Menouar, Hamid ; Filali, Fethi ; Lenardi, Massimiliano

Author_Institution

EURECOM

Volume

13

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

10/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

35

Abstract

In order to avoid transmission collisions in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), a reliable and efficient medium access control (MAC) protocol is needed. Vehicular MANETs (VANETs) have vehicles as network nodes and their main characteristics are high mobility and speed. Active safety applications for VANETs need to establish reliable communications with minimal transmission collisions. Only few MAC protocols designed for MANETs can be adapted to efficiently work in VANETs. In this article we provide a short overview on some MANET MAC protocols, and then we summarize and qualitatively compare the ones suited for VANETs

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; mobile radio; vehicles; MAC protocols; MANET; VANET; active safety applications; medium access control; mobile ad hoc networks; qualitative analysis; vehicular ad hoc networks; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Road accidents; Telecommunication network reliability; Throughput; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1284

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/WC-M.2006.250355

Filename

4015706