Capacity Analysis of Vehicular Communication Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Ning Lu, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

   Pages 1-6

3. Capacity Scaling Laws of Wireless Networks

   • Ning Lu, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

   Pages 7-25

4. Unicast Capacity of Vehicular Networks with Socialized Mobility

   • Ning Lu, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

   Pages 27-52

5. Downlink Capacity of Vehicular Networks with Access Infrastructure

   • Ning Lu, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

   Pages 53-74

6. Conclusions and Future Directions

   • Ning Lu, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

   Pages 75-76

7. Back Matter

   Pages 77-82

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This SpringerBrief focuses on the network capacity analysis of VANETs, a key topic as fundamental guidance on design and deployment of VANETs is very limited. Moreover, unique characteristics of VANETs impose distinguished challenges on such an investigation. This SpringerBrief first introduces capacity scaling laws for wireless networks and briefly reviews the prior arts in deriving the capacity of VANETs. It then studies the unicast capacity considering the socialized mobility model of VANETs. With vehicles communicating based on a two-hop relaying scheme, the unicast capacity bound is derived and can be applied to predict the throughput of real-world scenarios of VANETs. The downlink capacity of VANETs is also investigated in which access infrastructure is deployed to provide pervasive Internet access to vehicles. Different alternatives of wireless access infrastructure are considered. A lower bound of downlink capacity is derived for each type of access infrastructure. The last section of this book presents a case study based on a perfect city grid to examine the capacity-cost trade-offs of different deployments since the deployment costs of different access infrastructure are highly variable.

• Access Infrastructure
• Capacity Analysis
• Capacity-cost Trade-off
• Scaling Laws
• VANET

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

  Ning Lu

• Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

  Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

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