VANET SIMULATION

VANET Simulation has got major attention in the recent years due to its realistic and accurate results. Researchers and developers are gaining interest to build VANET-Simulation tools to study and evaluate various routing protocols, emergency warning protocols and VANET applications. We have top experts and versatile developers working on simulation to solve the various issues related to VANET.

Students who feel to undertake a ground breaking research can take projects based on VANET simulation as it has large research scope. You can approach us for most challenging and innovative projects simulation, in order to stand one among the top researchers in the world. We have provided basic and enlightening information about VANET-Simulation, its protocols, tools and major research areas.

LET’S FIRST EXPLORE ABOUT-VANET:

KEY FEATURES:

Predictable Mobility[Nodes moves in a predefined way]
High Mobility and Rapid changing topology
Vehicles are equipped with GPS
Variable network density
High computational ability

VANET-MODELS:

Driver and Vehicle Model[Reflects behavior of single vehicle]
Traffic Flow Model[Reflects the interaction between vehicles, drivers, infrastructures and road networks]
Communication Model[Data exchange among the road users]
Application Model[Address the behavior and quality of cooperative VANET applications]

SIMULATION METHODS:

Simulation of VANET requires, two different components

Traffic Simulators[Analyze vehicular ad hoc network characteristic and protocol performance ]
- -SUMO[Simulation of urban mobility]
- -VISSIM[Simulation of position and movement of vehicles]
Network Simulators[Model and analyze the functionality of VANET]
- -GloMosim[Global mobile information simulation]
- -NS-2[IP based wired and wireless network simulator]

VANET-SIMULATORS:

Traffic And Network Simulator:

Version-TraNSLite-LANG
It is a GUI tool which Integrates SUMO with NS2
Used as traffic and network simulator to generate realistic simulation of VANET.
TraNSLite [Stripped down version of TraNS] for generating realistic mobility traces of NS2 from SUMO
Platform support[FreeBSD, MAC OS X, GNU/Linux]

National Chiao Tung University Network Simulator[NCTUns]:

Version[NCTUns 6.0-LANG]
Supports single application with integrated GUI
Runs on Unix based system and on Fedora
High fidelity and extensible network simulator
Simulates protocols in both wired and wireless IP networks

Traffic Microsimulation:

TransModeler
PTV VISSIM
TSIS CORSIM
Cube Dynasim
LISA+
SiAS paramics
Quadstone Paramics
Simtraffic
Aimsun

TransModeler:

Suitable for large networks
Simulate in 2D and 3D and integrates with GIS and demand software
Signal operation and Visualize flow
Hybrid simulation and dynamic route choice methods
Imports simulation data from SimTraffic and CorSim

TSIS- CORSIM:

Includes NETSIM[for surface street simulation] and FRESIM[for freeway simulation]
It enables users to conduct traffic operation analysis
Provides verification and validation of other software’s, signal timing and signal coordination, surrogate for field data collection, emergency vehicles and signal pre-emption, freeway and surface street interchanges etc

ROUTING-PROTOCOLS AND NETWORK-ATTACKS:

ROUTING PROTOCOLS:

Geocast/Broadcast Protocols Used:

Spatially aware packet routing algorithm
SADV and FROV
Interference aware routing scheme
Multihop broadcast protocol
Protocols like V-TRADE, AMB,UMB,MDDV and MHVB

Multicast Routing Protocol:

Topology based approach[ODMRP,MAODV,GHM]
Location based approach[PBM, SPBM,LBM,RBM,IVG ]

Unicast Routing Protocol:

Greedy traffic aware routing protocol
Topology assist geo-opportunistic routing
Trajectory based data forwarding

NETWORK ATTACKS:

Sybil Attack
Newcomer Attack
Inconsistency Attack
Bad Mouthing/Ballot Stuffing Attack

TOOLS AND PLUGINS SUPPORT:

SUMO[Simulation Of Urban Mobility]:

Open source and microscopic road traffic simulator used to handle large road networks
Latest version[Version-0.27.0]

MOVE[Mobility Model generator for Vehicular Networks]:

Free software used to generate realistic mobility models for VANET
Require Java 1.6 or later

CityMob:

Mobility pattern generator for VANETS
Works with NS-2 Simulator
Contains three mobility models i.e. Simple, Manhattan and Downtown

INTERFACES AND FRAMEWORK SUPPORT:

Interface Support:

VENTOS[SUMO+OMNET++]:

Open source integrated simulator
Provides collaborative driving and interaction through WAVE enabled wireless communication between vehicles and infrastructure.
Works with Ubuntu OS and interfaced with MATLAB to plot different scenario of simulation

Framework support:

VanetMobiSim:

Latest version[VanetMobiSim 1.1]
Extension for CANU Mobility Environment[Framework for user mobility modeling]

Vehicles in Network Simulation[VEINS]:

Latest version[VEINS 4.4]
Open source framework for running vehicular network simulation
Based on two simulators[OMNET++ and SUMO]

MAJOR RESEARCH AREA:

Dedicated short Range communications also in wireless networking
Collision avoidance system also using Network sensing
Co-ordination for fire and also military vehicles
Mobility network between vehicles also used by defense service
Emergency service also using Location tracker
Security concern also in Infrastructure deployment
Location security and also privacy
Security by enhancing conditional privacy
Employing security and privacy while merging VANET also with Cloud
Finding solution against detected attacks also in VANET
Coordinated traffic guidance system also to find alternative solution in case of immobile jam
Anti-collision system also in VANET

Hope so you have also explore well about VANET-simulation. It’s time to think over the way to perform simulation projects and also research work on VANET. We also offer our complete support for any projects, assignments or research work you have undertaken. Approach us with your queries, we also will back to you with our advanced solutions.