Abstract:
Platooning, which is the idea of cars autonomously following their leaders to form a road train, has huge potential to improve traffic flow efficiency and, most important...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Platooning, which is the idea of cars autonomously following their leaders to form a road train, has huge potential to improve traffic flow efficiency and, most importantly, road traffic safety. Wireless communication is a fundamental building block: It is needed to manage and maintain the platoons. To keep the system stable, strict constraints in terms of update frequency and communication reliability must be met. We investigate different communication strategies by explicitly taking into account the requirements of the controller, exploiting synchronized communication slots, and transmit power adaptation. As a baseline, we compared the proposed approaches to two state-of-the-art adaptive beaconing protocols that have been designed for cooperative awareness applications, namely, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Decentralized Congestion Control (DCC) and Dynamic Beaconing (DynB). Our simulation models have been parameterized and validated by means of real-world experiments. Our results demonstrate that the combination of synchronized communication slots with transmit power adaptation is perfectly suited for cooperative driving applications, even on very crowded freeway scenarios.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ( Volume: 64, Issue: 12, December 2015)
Institute of Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Michele Segata received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
from the University of Trento, Trento, Italy, in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He is currently working toward the joint
Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, and with
the Advanced Networking Systems Group, University of Trento. His Ph.D. grant is funded by the BIT Joint School ...Show More
Michele Segata received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
from the University of Trento, Trento, Italy, in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He is currently working toward the joint
Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, and with
the Advanced Networking Systems Group, University of Trento. His Ph.D. grant is funded by the BIT Joint School ...View more
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Bastian Bloessl received the diploma degree in computer science from the
University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, in 2011.
He is currently a Research Assistant with the University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, joining the Distributed
Embedded Systems Group in 2014. Before going to Paderborn, he pursued the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and
Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria...Show More
Bastian Bloessl received the diploma degree in computer science from the
University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, in 2011.
He is currently a Research Assistant with the University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, joining the Distributed
Embedded Systems Group in 2014. Before going to Paderborn, he pursued the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and
Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria...View more
Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Stefan Joerer received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
in 2009 and 2011, respectively, from the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, where he has been working toward
the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group since 2011.
He was a Visiting Scholar with the Wireless Networking Group (WiNG) of Prof. A. Jamalipour in the School of
Electrical and Information Engineering, The ...Show More
Stefan Joerer received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
in 2009 and 2011, respectively, from the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, where he has been working toward
the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group since 2011.
He was a Visiting Scholar with the Wireless Networking Group (WiNG) of Prof. A. Jamalipour in the School of
Electrical and Information Engineering, The ...View more
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Christoph Sommer received the M.Sc. (Dipl.-Inf. Univ.) degree in
computer science and the Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing. with distinction) degree in engineering from the University of Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany, in 2006 and 2011, respectively.
In 2010, he was a Visiting Scholar with the research group of O. K. Tonguz with the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In 2012...Show More
Christoph Sommer received the M.Sc. (Dipl.-Inf. Univ.) degree in
computer science and the Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing. with distinction) degree in engineering from the University of Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany, in 2006 and 2011, respectively.
In 2010, he was a Visiting Scholar with the research group of O. K. Tonguz with the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In 2012...View more
Department of Computer Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mario Gerla (F'03) received the Engineering degree from the Politecnico
di Milano, Milan, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA.
At UCLA, he was part of the team that developed the early ARPANET protocols under the guidance of Prof. L.
Kleinrock. From 1973 to 1976, at Network Analysis Corporation, New York, he helped transfer ARPANET technology to
government and com...Show More
Mario Gerla (F'03) received the Engineering degree from the Politecnico
di Milano, Milan, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA.
At UCLA, he was part of the team that developed the early ARPANET protocols under the guidance of Prof. L.
Kleinrock. From 1973 to 1976, at Network Analysis Corporation, New York, he helped transfer ARPANET technology to
government and com...View more
Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Renato Lo Cigno (M'94–SM'11) received the master's degree in
electronic engineering with a specialization in telecommunications from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in
1988.
During 1998–1999, he was with the Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA, as a Visiting Scholar. He was with the Politecnico di Torino until 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor
with the Depar...Show More
Renato Lo Cigno (M'94–SM'11) received the master's degree in
electronic engineering with a specialization in telecommunications from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in
1988.
During 1998–1999, he was with the Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA, as a Visiting Scholar. He was with the Politecnico di Torino until 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor
with the Depar...View more
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Falko Dressler (SM'08) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, in 1998 and 2003, respectively.
He is currently a Full Professor of computer science and the Head of the Distributed Embedded Systems Group,
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany. He is the author of the textbooks
Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks...Show More
Falko Dressler (SM'08) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, in 1998 and 2003, respectively.
He is currently a Full Professor of computer science and the Head of the Distributed Embedded Systems Group,
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany. He is the author of the textbooks
Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks...View more
Contents Institute of Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Michele Segata received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
from the University of Trento, Trento, Italy, in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He is currently working toward the joint
Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, and with
the Advanced Networking Systems Group, University of Trento. His Ph.D. grant is funded by the BIT Joint School for
Information Technology, which is a joint effort of the local governments of Bolzano, Italy; Innsbruck; and Trento.
He is currently working on simulation models, network protocols, and management strategies for semiautonomous
driving, with particular focus on platooning. Moreover, he has also worked on safety applications for vehicular
networks, software-defined radio prototypes development, and control algorithms for platooning.
Michele Segata received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
from the University of Trento, Trento, Italy, in 2009 and 2011, respectively. He is currently working toward the joint
Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, and with
the Advanced Networking Systems Group, University of Trento. His Ph.D. grant is funded by the BIT Joint School for
Information Technology, which is a joint effort of the local governments of Bolzano, Italy; Innsbruck; and Trento.
He is currently working on simulation models, network protocols, and management strategies for semiautonomous
driving, with particular focus on platooning. Moreover, he has also worked on safety applications for vehicular
networks, software-defined radio prototypes development, and control algorithms for platooning.View more
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Bastian Bloessl received the diploma degree in computer science from the
University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, in 2011.
He is currently a Research Assistant with the University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, joining the Distributed
Embedded Systems Group in 2014. Before going to Paderborn, he pursued the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and
Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Currently, he is using software-defined
radio-based prototypes to assess the performance and robustness of vehicular and sensor networks.
Bastian Bloessl received the diploma degree in computer science from the
University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, in 2011.
He is currently a Research Assistant with the University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, joining the Distributed
Embedded Systems Group in 2014. Before going to Paderborn, he pursued the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and
Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Currently, he is using software-defined
radio-based prototypes to assess the performance and robustness of vehicular and sensor networks.View more
Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Stefan Joerer received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
in 2009 and 2011, respectively, from the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, where he has been working toward
the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group since 2011.
He was a Visiting Scholar with the Wireless Networking Group (WiNG) of Prof. A. Jamalipour in the School of
Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, Australia, in 2014. His current research
is focused on questions regarding intervehicle communication for road traffic safety applications.
Mr. Joerer received the prestigious Australia Award Endeavour Research Fellowship to visit The University of Sydney
in 2014.
Stefan Joerer received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science
in 2009 and 2011, respectively, from the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, where he has been working toward
the Ph.D. degree with the Computer and Communication Systems Group since 2011.
He was a Visiting Scholar with the Wireless Networking Group (WiNG) of Prof. A. Jamalipour in the School of
Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, Australia, in 2014. His current research
is focused on questions regarding intervehicle communication for road traffic safety applications.
Mr. Joerer received the prestigious Australia Award Endeavour Research Fellowship to visit The University of Sydney
in 2014.View more
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Christoph Sommer received the M.Sc. (Dipl.-Inf. Univ.) degree in
computer science and the Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing. with distinction) degree in engineering from the University of Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany, in 2006 and 2011, respectively.
In 2010, he was a Visiting Scholar with the research group of O. K. Tonguz with the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In 2012, he was a Visiting Scholar with the
research group of M. Gerla with the Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Until
2014, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Computer and Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck,
Innsbruck, Austria. He is currently an Assistant Professor (AkadR a.Z.) with the University of Paderborn, Paderborn,
Germany, joining the Distributed Embedded Systems Group in 2014. He is the author of the textbook Vehicular
Networking (Cambridge University Press, 2014). His research is focused on questions regarding traffic
efficiency, safety, and security aspects of Car-to-X communication in heterogeneous environments.
Dr. Sommer has been a member of the Association for Computing Machinery/Springer Wireless Networks (WINET) editorial
board since 2011.
Christoph Sommer received the M.Sc. (Dipl.-Inf. Univ.) degree in
computer science and the Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing. with distinction) degree in engineering from the University of Erlangen,
Erlangen, Germany, in 2006 and 2011, respectively.
In 2010, he was a Visiting Scholar with the research group of O. K. Tonguz with the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In 2012, he was a Visiting Scholar with the
research group of M. Gerla with the Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Until
2014, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Computer and Communication Systems Group, University of Innsbruck,
Innsbruck, Austria. He is currently an Assistant Professor (AkadR a.Z.) with the University of Paderborn, Paderborn,
Germany, joining the Distributed Embedded Systems Group in 2014. He is the author of the textbook Vehicular
Networking (Cambridge University Press, 2014). His research is focused on questions regarding traffic
efficiency, safety, and security aspects of Car-to-X communication in heterogeneous environments.
Dr. Sommer has been a member of the Association for Computing Machinery/Springer Wireless Networks (WINET) editorial
board since 2011.View more
Department of Computer Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mario Gerla (F'03) received the Engineering degree from the Politecnico
di Milano, Milan, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA.
At UCLA, he was part of the team that developed the early ARPANET protocols under the guidance of Prof. L.
Kleinrock. From 1973 to 1976, at Network Analysis Corporation, New York, he helped transfer ARPANET technology to
government and commercial networks. Since 1976, he has been with the faculty of UCLA, where he has designed and
implemented network protocols, including ad hoc wireless clustering, multicast (on-demand multicast routing protocol
and CodeCast), and Internet transport (TPC Westwood). He has lead the $12M, six-year Office of Naval Research
MINUTEMAN project, designing the next-generation scalable airborne Internet for tactical and homeland defense
scenarios. He is now leading two advanced wireless network projects under U.S. army and IBM funding. His team is
developing a vehicular test bed for safe navigation, urban sensing, and intelligent transport. A parallel research
activity explores personal communications for cooperative networked medical monitoring (see
www.cs.ucla.edu/NRL for recent publications).
Mario Gerla (F'03) received the Engineering degree from the Politecnico
di Milano, Milan, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA.
At UCLA, he was part of the team that developed the early ARPANET protocols under the guidance of Prof. L.
Kleinrock. From 1973 to 1976, at Network Analysis Corporation, New York, he helped transfer ARPANET technology to
government and commercial networks. Since 1976, he has been with the faculty of UCLA, where he has designed and
implemented network protocols, including ad hoc wireless clustering, multicast (on-demand multicast routing protocol
and CodeCast), and Internet transport (TPC Westwood). He has lead the $12M, six-year Office of Naval Research
MINUTEMAN project, designing the next-generation scalable airborne Internet for tactical and homeland defense
scenarios. He is now leading two advanced wireless network projects under U.S. army and IBM funding. His team is
developing a vehicular test bed for safe navigation, urban sensing, and intelligent transport. A parallel research
activity explores personal communications for cooperative networked medical monitoring (see
www.cs.ucla.edu/NRL for recent publications).View more
Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Renato Lo Cigno (M'94–SM'11) received the master's degree in
electronic engineering with a specialization in telecommunications from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in
1988.
During 1998–1999, he was with the Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA, as a Visiting Scholar. He was with the Politecnico di Torino until 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor
with the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI), University of Trento, Trento, Italy, where
he leads the Advanced Networking Systems Group in computer and communication networks. He has coauthored more than 150
papers in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His current research interests are in the performance
evaluation of wired and wireless networks, modeling and simulation techniques, congestion control, peer-to-peer
networks, and networked systems in general, with specific attention toward applications and sustainable solutions.
Mr. Lo Cigno is a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He has been the General Chair of
the IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing and the General Chair and Technical Program Committee (TPC)
Chair of the ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Applications and Services on WLAN Hotspots (WMASH) and the
IEEE Annual Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS). He was an Area Editor of
Computer Networks. He has served on many Technical Program Committees of IEEE and ACM conferences,
including the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM); the IEEE Global Communications
Conference (GLOBECOM); the ACM International Conference on Communications; the ACM International Conference on
Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM); the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference;
and the International Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies (CoNext).
Renato Lo Cigno (M'94–SM'11) received the master's degree in
electronic engineering with a specialization in telecommunications from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, in
1988.
During 1998–1999, he was with the Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA,
USA, as a Visiting Scholar. He was with the Politecnico di Torino until 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor
with the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI), University of Trento, Trento, Italy, where
he leads the Advanced Networking Systems Group in computer and communication networks. He has coauthored more than 150
papers in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His current research interests are in the performance
evaluation of wired and wireless networks, modeling and simulation techniques, congestion control, peer-to-peer
networks, and networked systems in general, with specific attention toward applications and sustainable solutions.
Mr. Lo Cigno is a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He has been the General Chair of
the IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing and the General Chair and Technical Program Committee (TPC)
Chair of the ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Applications and Services on WLAN Hotspots (WMASH) and the
IEEE Annual Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS). He was an Area Editor of
Computer Networks. He has served on many Technical Program Committees of IEEE and ACM conferences,
including the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM); the IEEE Global Communications
Conference (GLOBECOM); the ACM International Conference on Communications; the ACM International Conference on
Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM); the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference;
and the International Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies (CoNext).View more
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Falko Dressler (SM'08) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, in 1998 and 2003, respectively.
He is currently a Full Professor of computer science and the Head of the Distributed Embedded Systems Group,
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany. He is the author of the textbooks
Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks (Wiley, 2007) and Vehicular Networking
(Cambridge University Press, 2014). He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and an ACM Distinguished Speaker in the
fields of intervehicular communication, self-organization, and bioinspired and nano-networking. His research objectives
include adaptive wireless networking, self-organization techniques and embedded system design with applications in ad
hoc and sensor networks, vehicular networks, industrial wireless networks, and nano-networking.
Dr. Dressler is a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (SIGMOBILE) and a member of GI
(GIBU, KuVS). He regularly serves on the Program Committees of leading IEEE and ACM conferences. He is an Editor of
journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and Elsevier's Ad Hoc Networks,
Computer Communications, and Nano Communication Networks. He was a Guest Editor of
special issues on self-organization, autonomic networking, vehicular networks, and bioinspired communication for the
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Elsevier's Ad Hoc Networks, and others. He
was the General Chair of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications
Technologies (BIONETICS) in 2007; IEEE/International Federation for Information Processing Annual Conference on
Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS) in 2011; the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) in 2014;
and the ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc) 2016; a Technical Program
Committee Co-Chair of the International Conference on Computer Communications; IEEE VNC; the IEEE Vehicular Technology
Conference; IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM); and the ACM International Conference on Modeling,
Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM); and Poster/Demo Chair of ACM
MobiCom.
Falko Dressler (SM'08) received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, in 1998 and 2003, respectively.
He is currently a Full Professor of computer science and the Head of the Distributed Embedded Systems Group,
Department of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany. He is the author of the textbooks
Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks (Wiley, 2007) and Vehicular Networking
(Cambridge University Press, 2014). He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and an ACM Distinguished Speaker in the
fields of intervehicular communication, self-organization, and bioinspired and nano-networking. His research objectives
include adaptive wireless networking, self-organization techniques and embedded system design with applications in ad
hoc and sensor networks, vehicular networks, industrial wireless networks, and nano-networking.
Dr. Dressler is a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (SIGMOBILE) and a member of GI
(GIBU, KuVS). He regularly serves on the Program Committees of leading IEEE and ACM conferences. He is an Editor of
journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and Elsevier's Ad Hoc Networks,
Computer Communications, and Nano Communication Networks. He was a Guest Editor of
special issues on self-organization, autonomic networking, vehicular networks, and bioinspired communication for the
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Elsevier's Ad Hoc Networks, and others. He
was the General Chair of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications
Technologies (BIONETICS) in 2007; IEEE/International Federation for Information Processing Annual Conference on
Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS) in 2011; the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) in 2014;
and the ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc) 2016; a Technical Program
Committee Co-Chair of the International Conference on Computer Communications; IEEE VNC; the IEEE Vehicular Technology
Conference; IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM); and the ACM International Conference on Modeling,
Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM); and Poster/Demo Chair of ACM
MobiCom.View more
