Dynamic spatial partition density-based emergency message dissemination in VANETs

Abstract

Location and density based emergency message broadcasting has attracted researchers attention in vehicular ad-hoc networks. However, most of current approaches do not provide good performance, in terms of delay in both light and dense traffic scenarios. Reliability in message delivery is another significant performance metric, especially in dense traffic scenarios. In this paper, we have analyzed and implemented a reliable time-efficient and multi-hop broadcasting scheme, called Dynamic Partitioning Scheme (DPS), which works well in both dense and light traffic scenarios. Our solid analytical evaluation and simulation results indicate that our proposed scheme outperforms five efficient broadcasting protocols in VANETs in terms of delay and reliability in emergency message broadcasting.