Faculty Profile prashantha K EEE dept Sri Sairam college of Engineering
VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS
1. : VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS
Unit 1: Introduction to Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
Traffic Monitoring, Causes of congestion, Traffic Monitoring Data, Common Applications
of Traffic Data, Commonly used sensor technology, Detection methods,
Unit 2: Models for Traffic flow and Vehicle Motion
Models for Longitudinal Vehicle Movement, Lane changes situations, Simulating Vehicle-toVehicle
and Infrastructure-to-Vehicle Communication
Unit 3: Networking Issues
Routing in MANET, Applicability of MANET Routing to Vehicular Environment, Routing
protocols for VANET.
Unit 4: Delay-Tolerant Networks in VANETs
Deterministic/Stochastic Delay-Tolerant Routing, Vehicle Traffic Model, Vehicle-
Roadside Data Access, Data Dissemination in VANETs
Unit 5: Localization in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
Localization-Aware VANET applications, Localization Techniques for VANETs, Data Fusion
in VANET Localization Systems
Text Books:
1. Stephan Olariu, Michele C. Weigle, “Vehicular Networks from Theory to Practice”,
CRC Press.
2. Hassnaa Moustafa and Yan Zhang, “Vehicular Networks: Techniques, Standards and
Applications,” Auerbach Publications, 2009.
3. Selected Papers about Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs).
Reference Books:
1. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B.S. Manoj, “Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and
Protocols,” Prentice Hall, 2004.
2. William Stallings, “Wireless Communications and Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2004.