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    Connectivity requirements for vehicular networks with single-hop broadcasting
    (2009-12-01) ;
    Pattara-Atikom, Wasan
    In a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), an information can generally be disseminated by using either a multi-hop broadcasting protocol or a single-hop broadcasting protocol. While in our earlier work we analyze the connectivity requirements in a network that employs a multi-hop broadcasting protocol, in this paper we extend our analysis to model the connectivity in a network that uses a single-hop broadcasting protocol. Our goal is to develop a model that is able to describe the relationship among the flow rate, the broadcast rate, and the network connectivity. As an initial step, in this paper, we determine the fundamental relation between the flow rate and the network connectivity. ©2009 IEEE.
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    Connectivity requirements for self-organizing traffic information systems
    (2008-12-05) ;
    Pattara-Atikom, Wasan
    To facilitate the dissemination of a time-critical information in a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), immediate network connectivity is needed. In other words, a time-critical message from a source should be able to propagate and reach all of the vehicles on the road segment without any delay due to the unavailability of the vehicles to forward the message. Clearly, this requires the road segment to have a certain number of vehicles equipped with communication devices. It is the task of a system designer to determine the minimum number of vehicles (i.e., the minimum penetration) necessary to form a connected network as well as the critical transmission range required to provide such connectivity. In this paper, we present an analytical framework for determining the connectivity requirements in distributing the traffic information in a self-organizing vehicular network. One- and two-way street scenarios are considered. In addition to the conventional perspective on connectivity, where the characteristics of the wireless channel are often neglected, our analysis offers a new view by taking important physical-layer parameters, such as fading, propagation path loss, transmit power, and transmission data rate, into consideration. © 2008 IEEE.
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    Connectivity of ad hoc wireless networks: An alternative to graph-theoretic approaches
    (2010-04-01) ;
    Ferrari, Gianluigi
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    Tonguz, Ozan K.
    Connectivity in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks is typically analyzed using a graph-theoretic approach. In this paper, we investigate an alternative communication-theoretic approach for determining the minimum transmit power required for achieving connectivity. Our results show that, if there is significant multipath fading and/or multiple access interference in the network, then graph-theoretic approaches can substantially underestimate the minimum transmit power required for connectivity. This is due to the fact that graph-theoretic approaches do not take the route quality into consideration. Therefore, while in scenarios with line-of-sight (LOS) communications a graph-theoretic approach could be adequate for determining the minimum transmit power required for connectivity, in scenarios with strong multipath fading and/or multiple access interference a communication-theoretic approach could yield much more accurate results and, therefore, be preferable. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009.