When Transportation Meets Communication: V2P over VANETs

• Published in: 2010 IEEE 30th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems pp. 567 - 576
• Main Authors: Nianbo Liu, Ming Liu, Jiannong Cao, Guihai Chen, Wei Lou
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2010
• Subjects: carpool; Computer science; Distributed computing; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Peer to peer computing; ride-sharing; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Supply and demand; V2P; VANET; Vehicle driving
• ISBN: 142447261X; 9781424472611
• ISSN: 1063-6927
• DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS.2010.83

Information interaction is a crucial part of modern transportation activities. In this paper, we propose the idea of Vehicle-to-Passenger communication (V2P), which allows direct, instant, and flexible communication between moving vehicles and roadside passengers. With pocket wireless devices, passe...