VNetIntSim - An Integrated Simulation Platform to Model Transportation and Communication Networks

Ahmed Elbery, Hesham Rakha, Mustafa Y. ElNainay, Mohammad A. Hoque

2015

Abstract

The paper introduces a Vehicular Network Integrated Simulator (VNetIntSim) that integrates transportation modelling with Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) modelling. Specifically, VNetIntSim integrates the OPNET software, a communication network simulator, and the INTEGRATION software, a microscopic traffic simulation software. The INTEGRATION software simulates the movement of travellers and vehicles, while the OPNET software models the data exchange through the communication system. Information is exchanged between the two simulators as needed. As a proof of concept, the VNetIntSim is used to quantify the impact of mobility parameters (traffic stream speed and density) on the communication system performance, and more specifically on the data routing (packet drops and route discovery time).

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Elbery A., Rakha H., Y. ElNainay M. and A. Hoque M. (2015). VNetIntSim - An Integrated Simulation Platform to Model Transportation and Communication Networks . In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS, ISBN 978-989-758-109-0, pages 133-143. DOI: 10.5220/0005409401330143


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@conference{vehits15,
author={Ahmed Elbery and Hesham Rakha and Mustafa Y. ElNainay and Mohammad A. Hoque},
title={VNetIntSim - An Integrated Simulation Platform to Model Transportation and Communication Networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS,},
year={2015},
pages={133-143},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005409401330143},
isbn={978-989-758-109-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS,
TI - VNetIntSim - An Integrated Simulation Platform to Model Transportation and Communication Networks
SN - 978-989-758-109-0
AU - Elbery A.
AU - Rakha H.
AU - Y. ElNainay M.
AU - A. Hoque M.
PY - 2015
SP - 133
EP - 143
DO - 10.5220/0005409401330143