TY - GEN
T1 - A survey on realistic mobility models for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
AU - Madi, Sarah
AU - Al-Qamzi, Hend
PY - 2013/8/14
Y1 - 2013/8/14
N2 - In order to conduct a successful simulation of wireless ad hoc networks and in particular VANETs, appropriate mobility models should be included and applied in the simulation. This is important because mobility is the main feature of VANETs; it affects routing protocols, packet delivery and leads to communication and channel disruption. In this paper, main realistic mobility models are surveyed and categorized based on the approach used to construct the model. Couples of examples about each category were presented as well. The main aspects of realism in each model were highlighted in addition to their effects on network connectivity and performance. The paper aims at providing new researchers with an idea about the different methods and approaches available, to allow new proposed models to build their work on solid realistic models. This will help ensuring that the main features are incorporated in the model and will help in developing new approaches as well.
AB - In order to conduct a successful simulation of wireless ad hoc networks and in particular VANETs, appropriate mobility models should be included and applied in the simulation. This is important because mobility is the main feature of VANETs; it affects routing protocols, packet delivery and leads to communication and channel disruption. In this paper, main realistic mobility models are surveyed and categorized based on the approach used to construct the model. Couples of examples about each category were presented as well. The main aspects of realism in each model were highlighted in addition to their effects on network connectivity and performance. The paper aims at providing new researchers with an idea about the different methods and approaches available, to allow new proposed models to build their work on solid realistic models. This will help ensuring that the main features are incorporated in the model and will help in developing new approaches as well.
KW - Mobility models
KW - VANETs
KW - VANETs' Mobility
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U2 - 10.1109/ICNSC.2013.6548760
DO - 10.1109/ICNSC.2013.6548760
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84881292559
SN - 9781467351980
T3 - 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2013
SP - 333
EP - 339
BT - 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2013
T2 - 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2013
Y2 - 10 April 2013 through 12 April 2013
ER -