Title: An efficient mobile grid scheme for service tracking in VANETs

Authors: Chyi-Ren Dow; Yu-Hong Lee; Shiow-Fen Hwang; Van-Tung Bui

Addresses: Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan ' Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan ' Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan ' Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan

Abstract: Intelligent transportation systems deployed on vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are usually highly distributed and depend on metadata exchanging, data sharing and service tracking mechanisms. This study focused on the mobile grid scheme and service tracking protocol in VANETs. Our mobile grid scheme uses the characteristic of group mobility to increase grid structure flexibility and reduce maintenance costs. The tracking protocol is used to manage the service footprint information and continuously track the target service. Indicators manage the footprint of the service providers in their branches. Users can simply rely on the footprint information to locate target services. According to the experimental results, the mobile grid sequences effectively extended the service time and information was reliably shared. Our service tracking scheme is more efficient than other schemes in terms of success rate and service tracking time.

Keywords: VANETs; vehicular ad hoc networks; mobile grid; service tracking.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2018.093332

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2018 Vol.28 No.4, pp.220 - 229

Received: 02 Jul 2015
Accepted: 12 Jun 2016
Published online: 25 Jul 2018 *

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