Social vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication model for intelligent transportation systems based on 5G scenario

Abstract

Vehicular-to-Everything (V2X) communications are the emerging paradigm for the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) used to enhance the traffic efficiency and reliability of timely data delivery by implementing a complete set of communication mechanism in all the devices and infrastructure involved in traffic control, monitoring, and management. This research work aims to propose a Social V2X Communication Model to improve the traffic efficiency in ITS environment by timely delivery of a required set of data with ultra-high speed integrated cellular 5G technologies. This is achieved by introducing the social behavior in V2X communication and with the provision of automated information, and surveillance. Along with this, triggering of required actions based on ultra-high speed and ultra-low latency 5G scenario of integrated networking technologies (Mobile Edge Computing/Fog Computing, Software Defined Networking and Cloud Computing) of integrated entities such as road users (Vehicles such as Cars, Buses, Trucks are parts of it. Motorcycles, and even the pedestrians), roadside infrastructure (Traffic lights, traffic signs, barriers and gates), Road Side Unit (RSU) and all the other network units (MEC /Fog Server, V2X Application Server (AS), SDN switches, and SDN controllers). The proposed model will support all kinds of communications such as a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communications, vehicle to pedestrian communications (V2P), a vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) communications and vehicle to network (V2N) communications in a social internet of vehicles (SIOV) environment.