Fog Computing

18A Reliable and Efficient Fog-Based Architecture for Autonomous Vehicular Networks

Shuja Mughal¹, Kamran Sattar Awaisi¹, Assad Abbas¹, Inayat ur Rehman¹, Muhammad Usman Shahid Khan², and Mazhar Ali²

¹Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan

²Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

18.1 Introduction

In recent years, technological developments have revolutionized the automobile industry. Cars being manufactured today include features like auto-drive, cruise control, and parking assistance systems. These features allow the car to steer itself on the road or park itself. Major companies today have made a significant leap by creating autonomous vehicles (AVs) [1, 2]. These AVs are also called automated or self-driving vehicles. The AVs have the capability to navigate roadways and environmental contexts by themselves without human input. The AVs have the potential to change the transportation system by preventing deadly crashes, providing help to the elderly and disabled, and saving fuel as described in [2–5].

Cloud computing is a new technology in information technology that separates computing and data away from user devices into large data centers. Cloud computing deals with software, storages services, data access, and computation at a fixed physical location, from which is delivering the services [6]. The cloud comes from telecommunications systems where users access virtual private ...