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Road Oriented Traffic Information System for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks

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Over the last few years, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have gained popularity for their interesting applications. To make efficient routing decisions, VANET routing protocols require road traffic density information for which they use density estimation schemes. This paper presents a distributed mechanism for road vehicular density estimation that considers multiple road factors, such as road length and junctions. Extensive simulations are carried out to analyze the effectiveness of the proposed technique. Simulation results suggested that, the proposed technique is more accurate compared to the existing technique. Moreover, it facilitate VANET routing protocols to increase packet delivery ratio and reduce end-to-end delay.

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  1. Department of Telematic Engineering, University Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, Spain

    Sardar Muhammad Bilal

  2. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Atta ur Rehman Khan & Mazliza Othman

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

    Samee Ullah Khan

  4. Department of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

    Sajjad A. Madani & Babar Nazir

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Bilal, S.M., Khan, A.R., Khan, S.U. et al. Road Oriented Traffic Information System for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 77, 2497–2515 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-014-1651-0

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