A Stochastic Geometry Approach to Model and Analyze Future Vehicular Communication Networks

Abstract

Safety message dissemination in a vehicular communication network requires vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication with low latency and high reliability. To fulfill the stringent requirements in terms of reliability associated with safety applications, a control information assisted three-step (CIAT) resource selection scheme based on cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology for future vehicular communication network is investigated in this paper. To get a mathematical understanding of the process and performance of the CIAT scheme, in this paper, we develop an effective analytical approach to characterize the properties of the CIAT resource selection scheme in vehicular communication network by using the tool of stochastic geometry. In particular, the resource selection process and the key performances are analyzed mathematically; The closed-form expressions for the key performances are derived, which include the resource exclusion ratio, the average successful transmission probability and the packet inter-reception time; Furthermore, the performances of CIAT resource selection scheme are compared with those of random resource selection scheme mathematically. All the analytical results in this paper are validated through extensive Monte Carlo simulations, and the results provide insights to proper parameter settings for future vehicular communication network.