A Tool Offering Steady-State Simulations for VANETs

Abstract

> REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR PAPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (DOUBLE-CLICK HERE TO EDIT) < 1 Abstract-Without realistic vehicle mobility patterns, the evaluation of communication protocols in vehicular networks is compromised. Moreover, in order to ensure repeatability and fairness in vehicular simulations, researchers require simulation tools that allow them to have a complete control of simulations. In this paper we present VACaMobil, a Mobility Manager for the OMNeT++ simulator which offers a way to create complex scenarios with realistic vehicular mobility by allowing to define the desired average number of vehicles, along with its upper and lower bounds, which are maintained throughout the simulation. We compare VACaMobil against other commonly used methods which also generate and manage vehicular mobility. Results expose some flaws of those basic tools, and shows that VACaMobil behaves significantly better. The harmful impact on communication protocols when using common tools is also quantified, revealing VACaMobil as a necessity for current research.

Editorial (Thematic Issue: Recent Advances in Smart Communication Protocols and Algorithms)

“…In [13], M. Báguena et al present VACaMobil, a VANET Car Mobility Manager module for the OMNeT++ simulator. It lets users create complex scenarios with realistic vehicular mobility by defining the desired average number of vehicles, along with its upper and lower bounds, which are maintained throughout the simulation.…”

Delay Tolerant Networks for Efficient Information Harvesting and Distribution in Intelligent Transportation Systems

“…Therefore, it becomes almost impossible to replicate their results. To solve this problem we have designed and implemented VACaMobil (VANET Car Mobility manager) 1 [6]. VACaMobil allow researches to easily and clearly define and configure the mobility of the vehicles in their simulations.…”

“…The contents of this chapter have been partially published in: I n section 4.1 we presented our mobility manager for the INET framework called VACaMobil [6]. VACaMobil provides the researcher a way to define the number of nodes in a simulation while the mobility of the nodes is driven by the road traffic simulator SUMO [9].…”