CSE816 - Vehicular Networks and Intelligent Transportation Systems

2014-2015 Spring

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Course Description

This course deals with the Vehicular Networking including in-car networking and networking among cars as well as the design principles, modeling, and evaluation of Vehicular Networks (VANETs). We will focus on (1) applications, their requirements, and system components (2) enabling technologies and the standards, (3) data dissemination approaches, (4) tools and techniques for the performance evaluation of Vehicular Networks .

Course Material

Textbooks

Essential  Text: 

(1) Christoph Sommer, Falko Dressler. Vehicular Networking. Cambridge University Press, December 2014

(2) Hannes Hartenstein, Kenneth Laberteaux. VANET, Vehicular Applications and Inter-Networking Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

Recommended:  

(3) Intelligent Transport Systems Standards, Bob Williams, Artech House, 2008

Announcements

[2015-03-21]         Papers to be read can be downloaded part-1 / part-2.

[2015-02-12]         The class will not meet in this week. Lectures have been postponed to a future date that will be announced.

[2015-01-26]         Attendance is required at all class meetings. For excused absences, the student must provide an explanation to the instructor and supply supporting evidence.

Course Schedule

• Lectures: Friday 09:30-12:30 (MB655)

Resources

·         Veins - Vehicular network simulation framework

http://veins.car2x.org/

·         An Introduction to Communication Technologies Standards for ITS
Intelligent Transport Systems Standards, Bob Williams, 2008 Artech House

http://artechhouse.com/uploads/public/documents/chapters/Williams-291_CH03.pdf