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Using Ultra-Wideband Technology in Vehicles for Infrastructure-free Localization
Rusheng Zhang, Lin Song, Adhishree Jaiprakash +5
In this paper, we investigate using Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology in vehicles for localization as well as other possible infrastructure-free applications. To that end, we first i…
Virtual Traffic Lights: System Design and Implementation
Rusheng Zhang, Frank Schmutz, Kyle Gerard +6
Traffic congestion is a daunting problem that is affecting the daily lives of billions of people across the world. Recently, a promising new traffic control scheme known as Virtual…
Bluetooth 5: a concrete step forward towards the IoT
Mario Collotta, Giovanni Pau, Timothy Talty +1
Six years after the adoption of the standard 4.0, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit association that deals with the study and the development of technology s…
Smarter Cities with Parked Cars as Roadside Units
Andre B. Reis, Susana Sargento, Ozan K. Tonguz
Real-time monitoring of traffic density, road congestion, public transportation, and parking availability are key to realizing the vision of a smarter city and, with the advent of…
Parked Cars are Excellent Roadside Units
Andre B. Reis, Susana Sargento, Ozan K. Tonguz
A comprehensive implementation of the envisioned traffic safety and efficiency applications of the IEEE 802.11p and WAVE standards assume the premise of the use of DSRC technology…
A Blind Zone Alert System based on Intra-vehicular Wireless Sensor Networks
Jiun-Ren Lin, Timothy Talty, Ozan K. Tonguz
Due to the increasing number of sensors deployed in modern vehicles, Intra-Vehicular Wireless Sensor Networks (IVWSNs) have recently received a lot of attention in the automotive i…
An empirical performance study of Intra-vehicular Wireless Sensor Networks under WiFi and Bluetooth interference
Jiun-Ren Lin, Timothy Talty, Ozan K. Tonguz
Intra-Vehicular Wireless Sensor Network (IVWSN) is a new automotive architecture that applies wireless technologies to the communications between Electrical Control Units (ECUs) an…
On the Potential of Bluetooth Low Energy Technology for Vehicular Applications
Jiun-Ren Lin, Timothy Talty, Ozan K. Tonguz
With the increasing number of sensors in modern vehicles, using an Intra-Vehicular Wireless Sensor Network (IVWSN) is a possible solution for the automotive industry to address the…
Geometry-Based Vehicle-to-Vehicle Channel Modeling for Large-Scale Simulation
Mate Boban, Joao Barros, Ozan K. Tonguz
Due to the dynamic nature of vehicular traffic and the road surroundings, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) propagation characteristics vary greatly on both small- and large-scale. Recent m…
Improving VANET Protocols via Network Science
Romeu Monteiro, Susana Sargento, Wantanee Viriyasitavat +1
Developing routing protocols for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) is a significant challenge in these large, self- organized and distributed networks. We address this challenge b…
What if Routers Were Social? Analyzing Wireless Mesh Networks from a Social Networks Perspective
M. Kas, S. Appala, C. Wang +3
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) consist of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology for serving wireless mesh clients to communicate with one another or to connect to the Internet. N…
TVR - Tall Vehicle Relaying in Vehicular Networks
Mate Boban, Rui Meireles, Joao Barros +2
Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication is a core technology for enabling safety and non-safety applications in next generation Intelligent Transportation Systems. Due to relatively…