Merging sub-networks in VANETs by using the IEEE 802.11xx protocols.
Fecha
2015Resumen
Nowadays most mobile ad-hoc networks are based
on the IEEE 802.11 standards for wireless technology under
the Wi-Fi brand. The structure of such protocols produces
several problems when distinct sub-networks are to be
merged. The main troubles that can cause inability to communicate are IP duplication and the existence of sub-networks on
different channels. A practical solution to these issues has
been fully implemented in a new tool developed to create a
vehicular ad-hoc network by using only smartphones. This
paper proposes both a simple and deterministic algorithm, and
a more complex procedure that considers interferences between wireless channels under a fuzzy logic approach. Both
from the performance and security points of view, encouraging results were extracted from the analysis of large scale
simulations based on data obtained through executions on
smartphones.