Communications protocol design for 5G vehicular networks

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview on existing standards in vehicular networking and highlights new emerging trends towards an integrated infrastructure based on the interworking of heterogeneous technologies. Next-Generation Mobile Vehicular Networks are first characterized by providing an insight on relevant stable standards in wireless communications technologies, with a special focus on Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks. Furthermore, the chapter discusses a general framework supporting opportunistic networking scheme and outlines novel application and use cases based on social- and context-awareness paradigms.