Testing MPT-GRE Multipath Solution in Vehicular Network V2I Communication

Abstract

A vehicular network is a communication system comprising of vehicles equipped with radio-interfaces, where the endpoints are capable of exchanging data and communication between each other (Vehicle-to-Vehicle, V2V), as well as with another mobile network or fixed infrastructure (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure, V2I). The numerous applications used in vehicles typically require seamless and increasingly fast and reliable network connections, which poses a challenge for the wireless network technologies at our disposal today. MPT-GRE, developed at the University of Debrecen, is a multi-interface access technology, which could offer a novel solution to satisfy the requirements of the services used in vehicular networking applications. Given that MPT-GRE enables the simultaneous usage of multiple network interfaces and IP-routes for vehicles, it promises to be an effective solution for vehicular networks. In this paper, we are examining the efficiency of MPT-GRE using a self-driving car model in a dual-interface Wi-Fi environment.