Author : Ruchit Kadakia, Akshay Bhatt and Lakshmi Kurup

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) enable vehicles to communicate with each other on the road. Many applications have been proposed for this kind of mobile ad hoc communication. Some of the examples of its applications that enhance road safety and efficiency along with supporting drivers, and provide infotainment services are intersection collision warning, lane merge assistance and smart traffic management. The main purpose of this paper is to study the components of the VANET architecture along with its data aggregation flow process and discuss two of the main aggregation techniques.

Keywords: Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET), infotainment, aggregation techniques, dissemination, fusion.

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.4, No.5 (Oct-2014)