Distributed Simulation of Vehicular Networks

Surface transportation systems continue to be plagued by concerns regarding safety, excessive delays, and pollution. These problems will only become progressively worse in the future, particularly in developing nations as they modernize and become more mobile. The widespread deployment of smart vehicles that include unprecedented computation, wireless communication, and sensing capabilities will revolutionize the transportation industry, offering new approaches to alleviating these problems. For example, systems soon to be launched under the Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (VII) initiative by government agencies and private companies will deploy a variety of roadside and mobile sensing platforms. Such systems can also offer a rich variety of new computation and communication services to travelers.