On the Experimental Evaluation of Vehicular Networks: Issues, Requirements and Methodology Applied to a Real Use Case

Authors

  • Manabu Tsukada Domaine de Voluceau Rocquencourt
  • José Santa University Centre of Defence at the Spanish Air Force Academy
  • Satoshi Matsuura Tokyo Institute of Technology image/svg+xml
  • Thierry Ernst Mines ParisTech image/svg+xml
  • Kazutoshi Fujikawa Nara Institute of Science and Technology image/svg+xml

Keywords:

Experimental Evaluation, Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, Wireless Multihop Communication, Network Mobility, Cooperative ITS, Intelligent Transportation Systems

Abstract

One of the most challenging fields in vehicular communications has been the experimental assessment of protocols and novel technologies. Researchers usually tend to simulate vehicular scenarios and/or partially validate new contributions in the area by using constrained testbeds and carrying out minor tests. In this line, the present work reviews the issues that pioneers in the area of vehicular communications and, in general, in telematics, have to deal with if they want to perform a good evaluation campaign by real testing. The key needs for a good experimental evaluation is the use of proper software tools for gathering testing data, post-processing and generating relevant figures of merit and, finally, properly showing the most important results. For this reason, a key contribution of this paper is the presentation of an evaluation environment called AnaVANET, which covers the previous needs. By using this tool and presenting a reference case of study, a generic testing methodology is described and applied. This way, the usage of the IPv6 protocol over a vehicle-to-vehicle routing protocol, and supporting IETF-based network mobility, is tested at the same time the main features of the AnaVANET system are presented. This work contributes in laying the foundations for a proper experimental evaluation of vehicular networks and will be useful for many researchers in the area.

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Published

09-12-2014

How to Cite

Tsukada, M. ., Santa, J. ., Matsuura, S. ., Ernst, T. ., & Fujikawa, K. . (2014). On the Experimental Evaluation of Vehicular Networks: Issues, Requirements and Methodology Applied to a Real Use Case. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, 1(1), e4. Retrieved from https://publications.eai.eu/index.php/inis/article/view/531

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