Authors:
Rodrigo Silva
1
;
Christophe Couturier
2
;
Jean-Marie Bonnin
1
and
Thierry Ernst
3
Affiliations:
1
IMT Atlantique, IRISA, Inria, Univ. Rennes, Rennes, France, YoGoKo, Rennes and France
;
2
IMT Atlantique, IRISA, Inria, Univ. Rennes, Rennes and France
;
3
YoGoKo, Rennes and France
Keyword(s):
ISO TC 204, ETSI TC ITS, C-ITS, Decision Making, ACO, AD4ON.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications and Uses
;
Sensor Networks
;
Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks
;
Telecommunications
;
Vehicular Networks
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
The number of connected devices is growing worldwide and connected and cooperative vehicles should be a major element of such ecosystem. However, for ubiquitous connectivity it is necessary to use various wireless technologies, such as vehicular WiFi (ITSG5, and DSRC), urban WiFi (e.g., 802.11 ac,g,n), 802.15.4, cellular (3G, 4G, and 5G under preparation). In such an heterogeneous access network environment, it is necessary to provide applications with transparent decision making mechanisms to manage the assignment of data flows over available networks. In this paper, we propose the Ant-based Decision Maker for Opportunistic Networking (AD4ON), a Decision Maker (DM) algorithm capable to manage multiple access networks simultaneously, attempting to choose the best access network for each data flow. Moreover, the AD4ON is capable to increase decision’s stability, to reduce the ping-pong effect and to manage decisions flow by flow while maximizing flow’s satisfaction.