IEEE Draft Guide for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Architecture

This guide describes the Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE/DSRC) architecture and services necessary for multi-channel DSRC/WAVE devices to communicate in a mobile vehicular environment. It is meant to be used in conjunction with the family of IEEE 1609 standards as of its publication date. These include IEEE 1609.1-2006 Resource Manager, IEEE Std 1609.2 Security Services for Applications and Management Messages, IEEE Std 1609.3 Networking Services, IEEE Std 1609.4 Multi-Channel Operation IEEE Std 1609.5 Communications Manager, as well as IEEE P802.11p Amendment: Wireless Access in VehicularEnvironments.