Optimized inter-vehicle communications using NEMO and MANET

In this paper, we investigate the interaction between a network mobility protocol: the network mobility (NEMO) basic support - and a pro-active mobile ad hoc network (MANET) routing protocol: the optimized link state routing (OLSR) protocol. We define a proof of concept architecture and build it using actual nodes. We are then able to show how delay can be reduced when far remote home agents for the mobile router are being used, while still retaining seamless communications in case the MANET protocol would fail. In addition, we show how to reduce the route switching delay close to the round-trip time of the system