Title :
Bridging the Gap between Simulation and Experimentation in Vehicular Networks
Author :
Khalfallah, Sofiane ; Ducourthial, Bertrand
Author_Institution :
Lab. Heudiasyc, Univ. de Technol. de Compiegne, Compiègne, France
Abstract :
The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) currently attract a lot of attention. Many simulators and some testbeds have been proposed to validate new ideas and to guide new theoretical developments. Yet, to this date, simulator tools and testbeds evolve in disjoint research work. We developed Airplug-ns, an open source simulation environment, as a step towards bridging this gap. This environment allows to easily design new protocols, test them on the road in order to obtain real measures as well as study their scalability by simulation. It relies on a software suite dedicated to road experiments as well as add-ons in Network Simulator, allowing to replay the experiments in more complex scenarios without new development.
Keywords :
mobile radio; road traffic; traffic engineering computing; Airplug-ns; ITS; intelligent transportation system; open source simulation; vehicular network; Adaptation model; Atmospheric modeling; Global Positioning System; Protocols; Roads; Shadow mapping; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2010-Fall), 2010 IEEE 72nd
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3573-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1090-3038
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2010.5594402