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A Handover Protocol for the IEEE WAVE-based Wireless Networks

IEEE WAVE 기반의 무선 네트워크를 위한 핸드오버 프로토콜

  • 최정욱 (광운대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 이혁준 (광운대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 최용훈 (광운대학교 정보제어공학과) ;
  • 정영욱 (광운대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2011.02.01
  • Accepted : 2011.02.26
  • Published : 2011.02.28
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Abstract

The IEEE WAVE-based communication systems do not provide handover services since most of the application layer messages of a small amount containing text data that are related to safe driving. Multimedia data service such as web pages and CCTV video clips, however, require a seamless handover for continuation of a session via multiple RSUs. In this paper, we propose a new proactive handover protocol based on IEEE WAVE. According to the proposed handover protocol, the OBU notifies the old RSU of its departure from the coverage such that the old RSU forwards to the new RSU the data heading towards the OBU to be cached for the further delivery upon its entry into the new RSU's coverage. The simulation results are presented which shows the performance of the proposed protocol in terms of throughput, delivery ratio and handover delay.

ITS(Intelligent Traffic System) 통신을 위한 국제표준인 IEEE WAVE(Wireless Access for Vehicular Environment) 규격은 핸드오버 기능을 제공하지 않는다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE WAVE 기반의 고속도로 통신 네트워크에서 웹 페이지, CCTV 동영상 비디오클립 등의 멀티미디어 기반 서비스를 제공하기 위한 능동적(proactive) 핸드오버 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안하는 핸드오버 프로토콜은 핸드오버 시작 전에 기존의 RSU에게 범위 이탈을 알림으로써 OBU(On-Board Unit)로 향하는 데이터를 다음 RSU로 전달하여 사전캐싱을 하도록 한 후, OBU의 범위내 진입시 최종적으로 OBU에게 전송하여 핸드오버 과정을 완료한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 본 핸드오버 프로토콜이 처리량과 전송성공률 그리고 핸드오버 지연시간 측면에서 우수함을 보인다.

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