Leader election and group management in vehicular ad hoc network

As automobiles become more intelligent, research on the Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) also becomes more important. Leader election is an important piece of the puzzle that can be utilized to solve many other problems in VANET. However, most existing literatures either focus on Virtual Traffic Light (VTL) application or leader election in regular ad hoc networks. In this thesis, we focus on creating a generalized algorithm for leader election in VANET and designing a group management mechanism to address various scenarios. In addition, simulations are conducted to evaluate performance of proposed algorithms

Design and evaluation of safety-critical applications based on inter-vehicle communication

Inter-vehicle communication has a potential to improve road traffic safety and efficiency. Technical feasibility of communication between vehicles has been extensively studied, but due to the scarcity of application-level research, communication\u27s impact on the road traffic is still unclear. This thesis addresses this uncertainty by designing and evaluating two fail-safe applications, namely, Rear-End Collision Avoidance and Virtual Traffic Lights