Central Lane-based Life Time Routing Protocol in Vehicular Ad Hoc Network

Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is fastest growing technology that ensure safe and efficient road traffic management. Mobility management is the main challenge in VANET. So, adaptive and stable routing protocol is a vital issue in VANET technology. Cluster-based VANET is getting more attention day by day. However, finding a solution that ensure longer lifetime of a moving vehicle in a cluster is essential. In this paper, we propose a new routing protocol for cluster-based VANET called central lane-based lifetime routing (CLLTR) to improve the quality of services. In the CLLTR scheme, to ensure the longer lifetime in cluster the cluster heads (CHs) should be selected from the central lane of the road. Because, the central lane cars will travel longer distance, i. e., lifetime will be larger, than other lane cars as the shape of the cluster is circular. Here, the CHs will also act as a gateway node of the clusters. Numerical simulations are carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed CLLTR scheme. Results confirm that the proposed CLLTR scheme provides better stability than the conventional cluster-based life time routing (CBLTR) schemes of VANET.