Review Article

A Survey and Comparative Study of Broadcast Warning Message Dissemination Schemes for VANETs

Table 3

Pros and cons of the different dissemination schemes.

Scheme Pros Cons

Counter Easy implementation
High % of informed vehicles
Originally proposed for MANETs
High number of messages used

Distance Easy implementation
Low number of messages
Low performance in urban environments

eSBR Good performance in different environments
Improving distance results in terms of % of informed vehicles
GPS required

eMDR Improving eSBR
Reducing the number of messages used
High precision GPS required
Specially designed for urban environments

NJL High efficiency in urban scenarios
Reduced number of messages used
Aggressive broadcast storm reduction
High precision GPS required
Useless in highway scenarios

RTAD Adaptive dissemination scheme
High efficiency in different scenarios
Complex implementation
GPS required

FDPD Recommended for highway scenarios
Direction of vehicles is considered
GPS required
Low performance in urban scenarios

UV-CAST Adaptive dissemination scheme
Connecting disconnected subnetworks
Reduced number of messages used
Low performance in urban scenarios

DV-CAST Adaptive dissemination scheme
Good performance in terms of informed vehicles
GPS required
Low reduction of messages

JSF Higher % of informed vehicles
Specially indicated for simple maps
High number of messages used
GPS required
Overhead in high density conditions

NSF Highest % of informed vehicles
Specially indicated for low density scenarios
High number of messages used
Overhead in high density conditions