WiMetroNet A Scalable Wireless Network for Metropolitan Transports

Author

Ricardo, Manuel ; Carneiro, Gustavo ; Fortuna, Pedro ; Abrantes, Filipe ; Dias, Jaime

Author_Institution

Fac. de Eng., Univ. do Porto, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2010

fDate

9-15 May 2010

Firstpage

520

Lastpage

525

Abstract

This paper addresses Wireless Networks for Metropolitan Transports (WNMT), a class of moving or vehicle-to-infrastructure networks that may be used by public transportation systems to provide broadband access to their vehicles, stops, and passengers. We propose the WiMetroNet, a WNMT that is auto-configurable and scalable. It is based on a new Ad hoc routing protocol, the Wireless Metropolitan Routing Protocol (WMRP), which, coupled with data plane optimizations, was designed to be scalable to thousands of nodes.

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; mobile radio; routing protocols; transportation; WiMetroNet; ad hoc routing protocol; broadband access; metropolitan transports; public transportation systems; scalable wireless network; vehicle-to-infrastructure networks; wireless metropolitan routing protocol; 3G mobile communication; Broadcasting; Communication system security; Design optimization; Multimedia communication; Road transportation; Routing protocols; Vehicles; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; large; layer 2; mesh; private network; wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications (AICT), 2010 Sixth Advanced International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6748-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICT.2010.51

Filename

5489749