Fast prototyping for VANET applications with PDAs

Horst Hellbrück, Junjian Cao, Tian Zuo, Axel Wegener

Abstract

Today Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETS) are a promising field for increasing comfort and safety on the road. They have the potential to connect cars with each other and thereby extract information about road conditions or dangers that drivers can't "see", e.g., the end of a traffic jam behind a curve. In this article we will focus on the practical aspects of VANETs and provide an elegant and simple way to build application prototypes with the help of PDAs equipped with GPS and IEEE 802.11 wireless radio. So far, most research focused on communication aspects of VANETs. We will address the issue of how VANET applications can be implemented quickly as prototypes and propose an architecture for implementation including an interface to navigation software. The main advantage is that we can evaluate user acceptance with our approach additionally. We will show advantages and evaluation by implementing a small demo application that can be extended and be used in the future for further evaluation of protocols and complete applications covering the entire system including the user behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication 2009 1st International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology
Number of pages15
PublisherIEEE
Publication date11.11.2009
Pages284-288
Article number5172463
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-4066-5, 978-1-4244-4067-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11.11.2009
Event2009 1st International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Technology - Aalborg, Denmark
Duration: 17.05.200920.05.2009
Conference number: 78343

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