The impact of inter-vehicle communication on vehicular traffic

The work addresses communication networks established over radio equipped vehicles in our everyday road traffic, so called Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), and discusses their impact on two major goals, namely traffic safety and traffic efficiency. For both objectives, the thesis proposes an appr...

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Main Author: Killat, Moritz (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2009
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Summary:The work addresses communication networks established over radio equipped vehicles in our everyday road traffic, so called Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), and discusses their impact on two major goals, namely traffic safety and traffic efficiency. For both objectives, the thesis proposes an appropriate modeling of the essential building blocks Traffic, Communication and Application and enables impact assessment studies by means of implemented simulation tools.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (XVI, 160 p. p.)
ISBN:KSP/1000013827
9783866444454
Access:Open Access