A Comprehensive Survey on Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)

‪Mahmood A. Al-Shareeda‬‏, Murtadha A. Alazzawi, Mohammed Anbar, Selvakumar Manickam, Ahmed K. Al-Ani

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Abstract

Vehicle Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have recently become an active research area. This is because of its important applications in the transportation field in which vehicles have severe position during activities of daily living in persons. In this paper, the basic background of the VANET from the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs), VANET standard and VANET characteristics are discussed. Second, the architecture from components and communications of the system are presented. Then, the critical challenges and future perspectives in this field are comprehensively reviewed. This paper could serve as a guide and reference in the design and development of any new techniques for VANETs. Moreover, this paper may help researchers and developers in the selection of the main features of VANET for their goals in one single document.

Topics & Concepts

Vehicular ad hoc networkComputer scienceWireless ad hoc networkMobile ad hoc networkIntelligent transportation systemField (mathematics)Computer networkArchitectureTelecommunicationsTransport engineeringWirelessEngineeringGeographyArchaeologyPure mathematicsMathematicsNetwork packetVehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant NetworksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety