Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.11p for Vehicular Communication Networks-Amir Jafari-Thesis.docx

Acknowledgement Many efforts have been made for the completion of this project. However, it would not have been possible without the kind support and help of many individuals and organizations. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of them. I especially want to thank my Supervisor, Dr. Samir Al-khayatt, for his guidance during my research. His perpetual energy and enthusiasm in research had motivated all students, including me. In addition, he was always accessible and willing to help his students with their research. I would like to express a deep sense of my gratitude towards Mr. Aboagela Dogman a PhD student for his kind cooperation and encouragement. This thesis would not have been possible without his help, support and patience. Words are inadequate in offering my thanks to the Project Trainers and Project Assistants, for their encouragement and cooperation in carrying out the project work. My deepest gratitude goes to my parents and my sister for their unflagging love and support throughout my life and I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my uncle Hossien; this dissertation is simply impossible without them. Abstract IEEE 802.11p is an emerging standard which provides vehicular safety communication through wireless networks. In this thesis, I study the architecture of Wireless Access for Vehicular Environment (WAVE) and IEEE 802.11p standard. The latest ns-2 distribution package (version 2.34 and 2.35) supports simulation of IEEE 802.11p and provides significantly high level of VANETs simulation accuracy. I measure the performance of this standard in ns-2 network simulation environment using realistic vehicular mobility models. The main performance metrics for vehicular safety communication; Throughput, End-to-End delay, and Packet loss are analysed for our scenario. In addition, I examine the effect of varying vehicle speed and different message sizes on the performance metrics.