VARON: Vehicular Ad hoc Route Optimisation for NEMO

Abstract

In this paper, we analyse the provision of enhanced communications between vehicles. It is expected that vehicles will have several communication devices, and that a specialised node will provide external connectivity to these devices, i.e., the devices in the vehicle form a Mobile Network. We propose the use of Network Mobility communication solutions for providing access from the vehicles to an infrastructured network (e.g., the Internet) or for communication with other vehicles. The main contribution of this paper consists in a route optimisation solution for mobile networks -based on the use of mixed ad hoc and infrastructure communications -that enables intervehicle communications to be improved in terms of bandwidth and delay. The mechanism provides the same level of security than today's IPv4 Internet, by means of reusing Mobile IPv6 security concepts, and the use of public key cryptography and Cryptographically Generated Addresses. The proposed solution is characterised and evaluated through extensive simulation, showing that it provides an efficient optimisation in vehicular communications.

Nemo-enabled localized mobility support for internet access in automotive scenarios

“…The basic solution for network mobility support is quite similar to the solution proposed for host mobility (mobile IPv6 [2]) and essentially creates a bidirectional tunnel between a special node located in the home network of the NEMO (the HA) and the CoA of the MR. Currently, route optimization support is being researched, with special attention being paid to the requirements of the vehicular scenario [6].…”

Effect of content popularity, number of contents and a cellular backup network on the performance of content distribution protocols in urban VANET scenarios

“…Recently, there exist some works that advocate about their combination in vehicular communications [9,18,19,20,21,22,23], although they do not deal specifically with the content distribution problem in store-carry-and-forward networks. In particular, in [21] the authors propose the use of a 3G cellular network to gather and distribute relevant control information (e.g., connectivity in the di↵erent roads) with the goal of improving the routing process over the VANET.…”

“…Similarly, in [23] LTE is used to organize the vehicular network into clusters and to maintain this structure over the time. On the contrary, in [22] the cellular network is used to exchange data when there is not a multi-hop VANET path between the source and destination vehicles. In [9,20] the VANET is used to o✏oad 3G cellular network in vehicle-toInternet scenarios by delivering data originally targeted to cellular networks via WiFi, with the goal of alleviating the congestion of cellular networks.…”

A Survey on Platoon-Based Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems

“…To address these challenges, some schemes for route optimization have been proposed [33]- [35]. In [33], the proposed VARON protocol aims to improve the bandwidth and delay for inter-vehicle communications by combining an infrastructure network (e.g., a 3G network that offers Internet access) and a VANET (used for a multi-hop communication).…”

“…To address these challenges, some schemes for route optimization have been proposed [33]- [35]. In [33], the proposed VARON protocol aims to improve the bandwidth and delay for inter-vehicle communications by combining an infrastructure network (e.g., a 3G network that offers Internet access) and a VANET (used for a multi-hop communication). Chen et al [35] proposed a novel NEMO management scheme wherein some adjacent vehicles with similar moving pattern are regarded as a virtual bus (similar to platoon) and all MRs can connect to each other.…”