Title
A Framework for Supporting Network Continuity in Vehicular IPv6 Communications
Abstract
The appearance of recent standards about cooperative ITS architectures towards a reference communication stack has been an inflection point in the research about vehicular networks. The ISO Communication Access for Land Mobiles (CALM) and the ETSI European ITS communication architecture have paved the way towards real and interoperable vehicular cooperative systems. Within these convergent proposals, IPv6 communications are recognized as a key component to enable traffic efficiency and infotainment applications. The proper operation of these applications and the achievement of value-added ITS services require an uninterrupted network connectivity. This paper addresses this problem by proposing a novel communication stack to support the provision of continuous and secure IPv6 vehicular communications. The solution follows the ISO/ETSI guidelines for the development of cooperative ITS systems and is based on standardized technologies such as Network Mobility (NEMO) protocol to provide an integral management of IPv6mobility. The solution integrates IEEE 802.21 media independent handover services for optimizing the handover process. While the support to the handover optimization offered by the proposed ITS communication stack is demonstrated through a mobility use case, a real testbed supporting most of the communications features is developed to validate and assess the real performance of the stack design.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/MITS.2013.2274876
Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, IEEE  
Keywords
Field
DocType
mobility management (mobile radio),optimisation,transport protocols,CALM,ETSI European ITS communication architecture,IEEE 802.21 media independent handover services,ISO communication access for land mobiles,cooperative ITS architectures,handover optimization,infotainment applications,interoperable vehicular cooperative systems,mobility use case,network continuity,reference communication stack,traffic efficiency,value-added ITS services,vehicular IPv6 communications
IPv6,Media-independent handover,Interoperability,Computer network,Testbed,Vehicular communication systems,Engineering,Intelligent transportation system,Vehicular ad hoc network,Handover
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
1
1939-1390
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
0
Authors
8