RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Merging sub-networks in VANETs by using the IEEE 802.11xx protocols. A1 Molina Gil, Jezabel Miriam A1 Caballero-Gil, Cándido A1 Caballero-Gil, Pino K1 Sub-networks K1 VANETs K1 IEEE 802.11 AB Nowadays most mobile ad-hoc networks are basedon the IEEE 802.11 standards for wireless technology underthe Wi-Fi brand. The structure of such protocols producesseveral problems when distinct sub-networks are to bemerged. The main troubles that can cause inability to communicate are IP duplication and the existence of sub-networks ondifferent channels. A practical solution to these issues hasbeen fully implemented in a new tool developed to create avehicular ad-hoc network by using only smartphones. Thispaper proposes both a simple and deterministic algorithm, anda more complex procedure that considers interferences between wireless channels under a fuzzy logic approach. Bothfrom the performance and security points of view, encouraging results were extracted from the analysis of large scalesimulations based on data obtained through executions onsmartphones. SN 1936-6450 YR 2015 FD 2015 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/35536 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/35536 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 16-may-2024