TRAFFIC AWARE ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR VEHICULAR AD-HOC NETWORKS

Abstract

Information Technology, in the past few years has progressed to a level where it is impossible for an aspect of life to not be touched by it. It is being used to the advantage of humanity in solving difficult engineering problems and improving the quality of life. Vehicular traffic is one such area where modern technology has advanced to a phase where the ideas of interconnecting the vehicles on the road are being experimented with in different countries. These networks of interconnected vehicles are commonly known as Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks or VANETs for short. VANETs provide a platform for the implementation of road safety procedures and access to various features of internet like multimedia, emails, etc. VANETs make use of the on board communication abilities of a vehicle and pre-installed roadside Units to achieve this goal. For efficient implementation of a VANET it is very important for its design to be based on communication protocols which uses very less resources and is also easy to incorporate. Various routing protocols have been developed for this purpose by numerous researchers all over the world. In this thesis, a new approach to vehicular networking is discussed, which hopes to provide an alternative way of communication between the nodes in a VANET.