WVCN 2012 - Workshop on Wireless Vehicular Communications and Networks

Wireless Vehicular Communications and Networks

Organizers:
Raquel Morera, Telcordia Technologies, USA
Maode Ma, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Hamid Nafaa, University College Dublin, Ireland

Abstract:
With the increasing number of vehicles and rapid development of wireless technologies, vehicular communications, networks and systems are becoming more and more popular. This area of research is in its early stages and there is still much to be done in order to realize the vision of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The aim of vehicular communication systems, and thus ITS, is to improve traffic safety, protect environment by reducing traffic congestion and fuel consumption, and enable a plethora of new applications such as mobile infotainment and location-based services for mobile users. To facilitate both safety and non-safety applications, the integration of communications and computing technologies into vehicular and transportation systems becomes a must. These result in various types of cooperative vehicular communications and networks: intra-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-roadside (V2R), and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. While many conferences and workshops provide a venue to present and discuss vehicular communication, network protocols and solutions, only few research works addressed issues related to measurements, modelling and experimentations in such systems. So, the primary objective of the WVCN workshop will be to discuss the issues related to these themes. The focus of this workshop is to serve as a forum to share new ideas/experiences in all experimental, measurement and modelling aspects of vehicular communications and networks, and facilitate discussions of key unresolved challenges in this area.