Research Article

Structured P2P Overlay of Mobile Brokers for Realizing Publish/Subscribe Communication in VANET

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

(1) Traffic type
Vehicle densityTime of the dayNo. of vehicles

Peak traffic 07:00–10:00 and 17:00–19:00800 to 1000
Moderate traffic 10:00–17:00 and 19:00–00:00300 to 500
Low traffic 00:00–7:00100 to 300

(2) Vehicle properties

Maximum speed of ordinary vehicle = 65 km/hour
Maximum speed of city buses = 45 km/hour
City bus pause time at bus stops = 3 minutes
No. of city buses = 15% of total vehicles
Maximum number of publishers at a time: 20% of total vehicles
Maximum number of subscribers at a time: 40% of total vehicles

(3) Ad hoc communication properties

Protocol used: 802.11p
Transmission range of vehicles: 200 meters
Identification broadcast period of city bus: 5 seconds

(4) DHT communication properties

Protocol used: chord, underlying protocol: TCP/IP
Fix-finger period:
Stabilization period:

(5) For Comparison-Scenario-1

Central server: one
Number of city buses: zero
Number of info-stations: variable
Transmission range of info-stations: 200 meters
Protocol used (for ad hoc communications): 802.11p
Protocol used (for infrastructure communications): TCP/IP

(6) For Comparison-Scenario-2

Number of city buses: zero
Number of info-stations: zero
Protocol used (for ad hoc communications): 802.11p
Protocol used (for infrastructure communications): TCP/IP