Effects of VANETs on Vehicle Transit Time and Average Speed in Realistic Scenarios
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2009-12-03
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Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have recently attracted a lot of attention due to the possibility of improving safety and performance of transportation on public roads.
In addition to other benefits VANETs can reduce or eliminate congestion by redirecting
vehicles around traffic jams.
In this thesis, we quantify the reduction in transit time and increase in average
speeds in vehicular systems by employing VANET technology. We use detailed simulations
to evaluate the effects of number of vehicles on the road, penetration ratio, number of
incidents and transmission range parameters on the vehicular transit time and average
speed. Results show a significant increase in average speeds and a reduction in transit time
in congestion scenarios caused either by traffic incidents or traffic overload.
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vehicular ad hoc networks, wireless, jist, swans, straw, realistic, scenarios, vanet
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MS
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Computer Engineering
