Análise de desempenho de uma aplicação VoIP em redes veiculares

Abstract

Vehicular networks have emerged as a particular case of mobile networks and then became a specific field of research in computer networks. They have been the subject of numerous scientific research in recent years, whose main focus is the development of Intelligent Transport System. Furthermore, given that cars are increasingly important in people's lives, smart board software in their cars can substantially improve the quality of life of users. This fact and the significant market demand for more reliability, security and entertainment in vehicles, has led to significant development and support for vehicular networks and their applications. Among these applications we can mention the use of VoIP, however, VoIP applications suffer from problems of delay, packet loss and jitter. These technical challenges are further aggravated when used in wireless networks. One factor that directly influences the use of an application in wireless networks is the routing protocol. Routing is a challenging task due to the high node mobility, the instability of wireless links and the diversity of scenarios. For this reason, several routing protocols have been designed with the goal of solving one or more specific problems of each scenario. However, although there are several proposed solutions to the problem routing in vehicular networks, no general solution was found, in other words, any proposed protocol obtained considerable performance in the various scenarios that exist in vehicular networks. Thus, in this paper, we analyze through simulations the impact of density, of the reach of transmission, the mobility and the type of routing protocol on the performance of a VoIP application in urban and highway scenarios of vehicular networks.