Smart Cities and Homes

Chapter 8

From vehicular networks to vehicular clouds in smart cities

M. Soyturk^*

K.N. Muhammad^*

M.N. Avcil^*

B. Kantarci^†

J. Matthews^***    Department of Computer Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey ^†    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, NY, United States ^**    Department of Computer Science, Clarkson University, NY, United States

Abstract

Vehicular networks are inseparable components of a smart city environment due to several applications that improve the quality of life, safety, and security. Applications of vehicular networks vary from safety applications such as blind spot warning and traffic light violations to entertainment such as streaming media or convenience such as parking space identification. ...