Cloud based VANET Simulator (CVANETSIM)

Abstract: Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is an integral part of vehicular communication. VANET suffers many problems such as scalability. To solve scalability and other problems of VANET, clustering is proposed. VANET clustering is different than any other kind of clustering due to the high mobility of the vehicles. Likewise, VANET and VANET clustering, VANET simulator requires some unique features such as internet based real-time data processing, huge data analysis, the complex calculation to maintain hierarchy among the vehicles, etc.; however, neither web based VANET simulator nor clustering module available in the existing simulators. Therefore, a simulator that will be able to simulate any feature of VANET equipped with a clustering module and accessible via the internet is a growing need in vehicular communication research. At the Telecom and Network Research Lab (TNRL), University of Oklahoma, we have developed a fully functional discrete-event VANET simulator that includes all the features of VANET clustering. Moreover, the cloud based VANET simulator (CVANETSIM) is coming with an easy and interactive web interface. To our best of our knowledge, CVANETSIM is the first of its kind which integrates features of the VANET simulator, built-in VANET clustering module, and accessible through the internet.