Simplifying the in-vehicle connectivity for ITS applications

Sergio M. Tornell, Carlos T. Calafate, Juan Carlos Cano, Pietro Manzoni, Teemu Kärkkäinen, Jörg Ott

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Abstract

In-vehicle connectivity has experienced a big expansion in recent years; car manufacturers are very active in this sense, and are proposing OBU oriented solutions. This effort is justified by the user demands for always-on connectivity. However, currently available OBUs do not provide the desired flexibility and simplicity of use that would be desirable for ITS applications. For example, none of them considers the possibility for inter-vehicle device-to-device communications. In this paper we present GRCBox, an architecture that extends the in-vehicle connectivity by providing inter and in-vehicular communication support. By creating private vehicular networks, GRCBox allows user devices' applications to perform direct peer-to-peer communication. In this paper we describe the GRCBox design along with four case studies. We also include the experimental results obtained from a test-bed to show that our solution does not have a negative impact on the performance when compared to a centralized solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems
Subtitle of host publicationComputing, Networking and Services, MOBIQUITOUS 2015
PublisherICST
Pages41-50
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781631900723
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, MOBIQUITOUS 2015 - Coimbra, Portugal
Duration: 22 Jul 201524 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, MOBIQUITOUS 2015

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, MOBIQUITOUS 2015
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityCoimbra
Period22/07/1524/07/15

Keywords

  • GRCBox
  • ITS
  • Smartphone
  • V2V
  • VANET
  • Vehicular networks

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