A Node Backup Strategy for Routing Protocol in Software-Defined Vehicular Networks

Vehicle Ad-hoc Networks have laid an essential technical foundation for realizing intelligent transportation. Unexpected mobility change of a specific node often causes a communication link failure. Thus, this work proposes a node backup strategy for routing protocol in software-defined vehicular networks. The core of the strategy is to promote communication link stability through backup nodes. A node backup routing algorithm is designed to search for alternative nodes for each node in a communication link. A node can flexibly select the next-hop node during packet transmission based on actual conditions. When an unexpected mobility change of a specific node causes a communication link failure, we can restore the link by enabling the alternative nodes. The influence of various factors on packet reception rate and communication delay is studied through simulation experiments. By comparing with two existing routing protocols, the effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified.