Internet of Vehicles Communication Technologies for Traffic Management and Road Safety Applications

The primary objective of intelligent transport systems (ITS) is to improve road safety and efficiency in the transport sector and are addressed in Internet of vehicles (IoV) based solutions, peer to peer vehicle data sharing, inter vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication channels. Effectiveness of an IoV solution is dependent on the robustness of the wireless communication technology. Performance of ZigBee, Wi-Fi and DSRC communication technologies for deployment in an IoV system is investigated by performing simulations in an identified platform. It was found that ZigBee, Wi-Fi and DSRC can offer successful exchange of data with failure rate of less than 1% for low frequency of communication events while Wi-Fi and DSRC can offer this performance at even higher frequencies of exchange events. Findings of the research will be used to design and test road safety and traffic management mechanisms for an IoV system.