Title
Soft-Defined Heterogeneous Vehicular Network: Architecture and Challenges
Abstract
HetVNETs can meet various QoS requirements for intelligent transport system services by integrating different access networks coherently. However, the current network architecture for HetVNET cannot efficiently deal with the increasing demands of a rapidly changing network landscape. Thanks to the centralization and flexibility of the Cloud-RAN, soft-defined networking can conveniently be applied to support the dynamic nature of future HetVNET functions and various applications while reducing the operating costs. In this article, we first propose the multi-layer Cloud-RAN architecture for implementing the new network, where the multi-domain resources can be exploited as needed for vehicle users. Then the high-level design of a soft-defined HetVNET is presented in detail. Finally, we briefly discuss key challenges and solutions for this new network, corroborating its feasibility in the emerging fifth-generation era.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/MNET.2016.7513867
IEEE Network
Keywords
Field
DocType
Cloud computing,Intelligent vehicles,Computer architecture,Wireless communication,Long Term Evolution,Quality of service,Vehicle dynamics
Architecture,Wireless,Computer science,Quality of service,Computer network,Network architecture,Vehicle dynamics,Access network,Distributed computing,Intelligent computer network,Cloud computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
abs/1510.06579
4
0890-8044
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
35
1.31
13
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kan Zheng11516113.91
lu hou2626.80
Hanlin Meng31466.38
Qiang Zheng41687.60
ning lu5351.31
Lei Lei686045.31