Advances in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks: Developments and Challenges: Developments and Challenges

Watfa, Mohamed

May 2010 · IGI Global

About this ebook

A Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) is a non-infrastructure based network that does not rely on a central administration for communication between vehicles. The flexibility of VANETs opens the door to a myriad of applications; however, there are also a number of computer communication challenges that await researchers and engineers who are serious about their implementation and deployment.

Advances in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks: Developments and Challenges tackles the prevalent research challenges that hinder a fully deployable vehicular network. This unique reference presents a unified treatment of the various aspects of VANETs and is essential for not only university professors, but also for researchers working in the automobile industry.

About the author

Mohamed Khalil Watfa is currently in the college of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. Before that he was at the Computer Science department at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He received his Ph.D. from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK, USA in 2006. He was one of the youngest PhD holders to graduate from his university at the age of 23. He has been given a number of prestigious awards including a recent Research Excellence Award in 2009. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, intelligent systems, Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, wireless networking, resource management, energy issues, tracking, routing, and performance measures. He has more than 40 journal and conference publications. For more info about Prof. Watfa, check out his personal website at: http://mohamedwatfa.synthasite.com/ [Editor]