An Intensive Investigation of Vehicular Adhoc Network Simulators

Abstract:

Over the last several years, vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) technology booming as significant research topic. Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) are a component of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that are in charge of communication between moving vehicles in a specific environment. VANETs are increasingly recognised as dependable networks that vehicles engage for communication between moving or stationary vehicles (V2V), Road side unit (RSU).The idea of enabling vehicle communication over a cellular connection prompted the creation of the new protocols, equipment, also different application scenarios. Various simulators were created at the time due to the inherent difficulties of evaluating these research contributions on a real-world test platform. The introduction of autonomous cars and the proliferation of new technology have created new research challenges in VANETs (e.g., 5G and edge computing). As a result, VANET simulators must be assessed to determine whether they are still capable of analysing these novel ideas. This study delivers a comprehensive assessment of Vehicular simulators such as Veins, EstiNet, ezCar2X, Eclipse MOSAIC, VanetSim, NetSim, VENTOS,demonstrating their current condition and capabilities for evaluating innovative situations in Vehicular network research. Depends on this demonstration, we highlight the unresolved research issues need to be resolved in current and future Vehicular network simulations.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 124)
• Pages: 797-808
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-715gbh
• Online since: February 2023
• Authors: S. Bharathi*, P. Durgadevi
• Keywords: Communication, Network, Simulators, VANET, Vehicle

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