Networking Simulation for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Preface
5. 1 Simulation of Convergent Networks for Intelligent Transport Systems with VSimRTI
   1. 1.1. Introduction
   2. 1.2. Fundamentals of cooperative ITS
   3. 1.3. Overall simulation framework
   4. 1.4. Simulation of cellular networks
   5. 1.5. Simulation study
   6. 1.6. Conclusion
   7. 1.7. Bibliography
6. 2 Near-field Wireless Communications and their Role in Next Generation Transport Infrastructures: an Overview of Modelling Techniques
   1. 2.1. Near-field wireless technologies
   2. 2.2. Characterization of near-field communications
   3. 2.3. Discrete event simulators
   4. 2.4. Conclusions
   5. 2.5. Bibliography
7. 3 Trace Extraction for Mobility in Civil Aeronautical Communication Networks Simulation
   1. 3.1. Traffic regulations
   2. 3.2. Mobility for network simulation
   3. 3.3. Example of mobility trace extraction
   4. 3.4. Toward cooperative trajectories
   5. 3.5. Bibliography
8. 4 Air-Ground Data Link Communications in Air Transport
   1. 4.1. Introduction
   2. 4.2. Continental air-ground data link communications and VDL mode 2
   3. 4.3. Oceanic air-ground data link communications and AMS(R)S
   4. 4.4. Summary and further work
   5. 4.5. Bibliography
9. 5 A Virtual Laboratory as an Assessment Tool for Wireless Technologies in Railway Systems
   1. 5.1. Introduction
   2. 5.2. ERTMS subsystems and related test beds
   3. 5.3. A virtual laboratory based on co-simulation for ERTMS evaluation
   4. 5.4. Effective use of the ERTMS–OPNET virtual laboratory
   5. 5.5. Conclusion
   6. 5.6. Bibliography
10. 6 Emulating a Realistic VANET Channel in Ns-3
    1. 6.1. Introduction
    2. 6.2. Influence of the channel propagation model on VANET simulation
    3. 6.3. A way to realistic channel modeling with ns-2
    4. 6.4. Realistic channel modeling with ns-3
    5. 6.5. Case studies: emulation of realistic VANET channel models in ns-3
    6. 6.6. Conclusion and discussion
    7. 6.7. Appendix A: The Abbas et al. Model Implementation
    8. 6.8. Bibliography
11. 7 CONVAS: Connected Vehicle Assessment System for Realistic Co-simulation of Traffic and Communications
    1. 7.1. Introduction
    2. 7.2. Related work
    3. 7.3. CONVAS co-simulation platform
    4. 7.4. Realistic DSRC channel models
    5. 7.5. Channel model tuning
    6. 7.6. Connected vehicle applications
    7. 7.7. Experimental results
    8. 7.8. Conclusions
    9. 7.9. Acknowledgments
    10. 7.10. Bibliography
12. 8 Highway Road Traffic Modeling for ITS Simulation
    1. 8.1. Introduction
    2. 8.2. Road traffic models
    3. 8.3. Fine-tuned measurement-based model
    4. 8.4. Comparative analysis of road traffic models
    5. 8.5. Fundamental properties of highway vehicular networks
    6. 8.6. Discussion and conclusions
    7. 8.7. Bibliography
13. 9 F-ETX: A Metric Designed for Vehicular Networks
    1. 9.1. Introduction
    2. 9.2. Link quality estimators
    3. 9.3. Analysis of legacy estimation techniques
    4. 9.4. The F-ETX metric
    5. 9.5. Simulation settings
    6. 9.6. Simulation results
    7. 9.7. Conclusion
    8. 9.8. Bibliography
14. 10 Autonomic Computing and VANETs: Simulation of a QoS-based Communication Model
    1. 10.1. Introduction
    2. 10.2. Autonomic Computing within VANETs
    3. 10.3. Broadcasting protocols for VANETs
    4. 10.4. Autonomic broadcasting within VANETs
    5. 10.5. Simulation of a QoS-based communication model
    6. 10.6. Conclusion
    7. 10.7. Bibliography
15. List of Authors
16. Index
17. End User License Agreement