Spatial Characteristics of Communication in Urban Vehicular System

Abstract

: We propose a model of information spreading based on urban traffic, where smart vehicles can carry data of sensor measurements and share them by short-range wireless communication. The spreading of information can be quite fast and widespread without central control within this ad hoc network. In this position paper, we want to characterize some spatial aspects of the spreading process. We planned to analyze the radius of gyration and the bounding box of the 2 D positions of informed agents and communication events. First simulation results show a crossover in the time evolution of the system.