A Position-based Routing Module for Simulation of VANETs in NS-3

Konstantinos Katsaros; Mehrdad Dianati; Karsten Roscher

Research Article

A Position-based Routing Module for Simulation of VANETs in NS-3

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247678,
    author={Konstantinos Katsaros and Mehrdad Dianati and Karsten Roscher},
    title={A Position-based Routing Module for Simulation of VANETs in NS-3},
    proceedings={Workshop on ns-3},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={WNS3},
    year={2012},
    month={6},
    keywords={position-based routing vehicular ad-hoc network cross-layer},
    doi={10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247678}
}

Konstantinos Katsaros
Mehrdad Dianati
Karsten Roscher
Year: 2012
A Position-based Routing Module for Simulation of VANETs in NS-3
WNS3
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247678

Konstantinos Katsaros¹^,*, Mehrdad Dianati¹, Karsten Roscher²

1: University of Surrey
2: Fraunhofer ESK

*Contact email: K.Katsaros@surrey.ac.uk

Abstract

Geonetworking and the corresponding routing protocols play an important role in application of Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs). This paper presents the architecture and implementation of CLWPR (Cross-Layer, Weighted, Position-based Routing), a position-based routing protocol optimized for VANETs in NS-3 simulation environment. It utilizes mobility information from nodes and cross-layer information from PHY and MAC layer in order to increase its efficiency and reliability, respectively. More specifically, we present the changes that have been introduced to facilitate geonetworking, as well as the carry-n-forward mechanism. In addition, we developed a basic navigation facility that can provide information about the road and distance between two nodes.

Keywords: position-based routing vehicular ad-hoc network cross-layer

Published: 2012-06-19
Publisher: ACM

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.simutools.2012.247678