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What is Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET)

Chapter 25
Handbook of Research on Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering
A particular type of MANET where the mobile nodes are vehicles travelling across a road or a street. The main characteristics of these networks are the high mobility speed of the nodes and their position constrained to the layout of the roads or streets.
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Mobile Agents for a Mobile World
Oscar Urra (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Sergio Ilarri (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Raquel Trillo (University of Zaragoza, Spain), and Eduardo Mena (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6359-6.ch025
Abstract
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become very popular and together with the enhancements on mobile networks have changed the way the users interact. New applications and paradigms (such as social and collaborative networks) have appeared, and their development is now more important than ever. In this scenario, the technology of mobile software agents is an adequate option, since mobile agents can be used to overcome the difficulties and limitations of such an environment. Mobile software agents need a middleware (the agent execution platform) that allows them to exist and provides them the means to develop their potential. There exist a number of such platforms with different features but also some limitations. In this chapter, the authors discuss in detail all these questions and survey the most popular agent platforms from the point of view of their potential use in mobile environments.
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Chapter 39
Emerging Security Issues in VANETS for E-Business
Is a form of ad-hoc network that enables communications between nearby vehicles (V2V communications) and road-side infrastructure (V2I communications).
Published in Chapter: Emerging Security Issues in VANETS for E-Business; From: Handbook of Research on Telecommunications Planning and Management for Business
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Chapter 661
Wireless Networks for Vehicular Support
A mobile network whose node are vehicles (i.e., car, trucks, etc.); considered an extension of a MANET (Mobile Ad hoc Networks) because of the possibility of working without a fixed infrastructure.
Published in Chapter: Wireless Networks for Vehicular Support; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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