Handover Schemes for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks Over Long Term Evolution Advanced: A Survey

Next generation Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET) needs seamless connectivity with high level of quality of services (QoS) and high data rates services. The complexity of VANET raises concern about the QoS and the reliability of the communication handover which refer to the connectivity and operation of conveying an ongoing call or data session between Vehicles to Vehicles (V2V) and Vehicles to Infrastructure (V2I) in VANET communication mode. This communication faces a huge challenge. The vehicles are moving so fast and highly dynamic that may cause frequent handover which may cause signal delay and communication loss. This paper provides an up-to-date literature of handover schemes for VANET over LTE-A wireless network. A discussion on thumbnail of the key decision parameters to be used in the handover algorithm and comparative summary of selected scheme for VANET over LTE-A concludes this work. This study, thus contributes to the understanding of the available options and gaps for further studies and standardization activities to this area of research.