The relative mobility of vehicles improves the performance of information flow in vehicle ad hoc networks

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-240

  Du, Lili ^a   Ukkusuri, Satish ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information flow; Reachability; Simulation; Transportation networks; Vehicular ad hoc networks

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION FLOW NETWORKS; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATION PROPAGATION; REACHABILITY; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS; TRAFFIC FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 77955051410     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-008-9063-x     Document Type: Article

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