Title :
Simulating the influence of IVC on road traffic using bidirectionally coupled simulators
Author :
Sommer, Christoph ; Yao, Zheng ; German, Reinhard ; Dressler, Falko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
Abstract :
We discuss the need for bidirectional coupling of network simulation and road traffic microsimulation for evaluating vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) in a simulation framework. As the selection of a mobility model influences the outcome of simulations to a great deal, the use of a representative model is necessary for producing meaningful evaluation results. Based on these observations, we present a hybrid simulation framework composed of the road traffic simulator SUMO and the network simulator OMNeT++. The coupled simulation environment is used for an evaluation of two protocols for incident warning in VANETs.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; protocols; road traffic; road vehicles; OMNeT++; SUMO; bidirectionally coupled simulators; incident warning; inter vehicle communication; mobility model; network simulation; protocols; representative model; road traffic microsimulation; road traffic simulator; vehicular ad hoc networks; Ad hoc networks; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Mobile ad hoc networks; Protocols; Roads; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Vehicles; MANET; Network Simulation; Traffic Simulation; VANET;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM Workshops 2008, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2219-7
DOI :
10.1109/INFOCOM.2008.4544655
