The Coordinated Vehicle Recovery Mechanism in City Environments

Abstract

In this paper, an innovative, optimized and coordinated vehicle recovery network system is designed and analyzed. This system safeguards private property for all citizens, significantly enhances an existing vehicle recovery and anti-theft system, and improves the success rate for vehicle recovery. This study is not only applicable to a single vehicle but also considers the entire vehicle anti-theft communication network and connects all individual vehicles to an innovative, optimized and coordinated vehicle recovery network. Algorithms are investigated and integrated to create a highly accurate, fast, safe, and efficient innovative system that is capable of locating targets in any environment, regardless of the length of the communication distance and whether the communication comprises indoor or outdoor communication within a small area. The current study evaluates the performance of the approach by conducting computer simulations. The simulation results reveal the strengths of the proposed optimized and coordinated vehicle recovery system in terms of a reduced search time, an increased success rate of tracking and an improved success rate for vehicle recovery in VANETs.