A data dissemination model for Cloud enabled VANETs using In-Vehicular resources

Abstract

Generally a Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is considered with vehicles being the resource consumers. The other way of looking at it is arguably the vehicles as resource providers. From this we put forward the concept of vehicular network managed cloud or simply a Vehicular Cloud where the on-road safety services and the like can be assisted using In-Vehicle resources. Because of the distinct features of vehicular network i.e. high mobility, clustered movement, and directional behavior new mechanisms are required to effectively manage the dynamic resources that vary in type and availability. This research paper proposes formation of a Vehicular Cloud for using In-Vehicular resources. We introduce a scalable hierarchical Vehicular Cloud network model based on Road-Side Access Point (RSAP) regions for identifying In-Vehicular resources which compensates for its non-optimal behavior by considering the mobility pattern of vehicular nodes. Finally we conclude by proposing an architecture for a Cloud enabled VANET to support remote data storage, processing and communication.