Vehicular Cloud Computing an approach for Efficient Data Communication in Hybrid Vehicular Sensor Networks Using SDN

Abstract

The increasing need for mobility, on-road traffic and inefficient traffic management systems have led to the development of many Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The core of ITS is the Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANETs), comprising vehicles with computing abilities. The current VANETs ecosystem has several unaddressed issues, such as communication challenges (mobility, routing and QoS), scalability, and security. To efficiently manage the issues mentioned earlier, Vehicular Cloud Computing (VCC) has emerged as one of the novel domains in ITS. VCC is a hybrid technology that efficiently utilizes the processing, storage and computing capabilities of VANETs. In current times, The conglomeration of VCC with the Software Defined Networks (SDN) paradigm has helped to optimize many qualitative and quantitative aspects of VANETs. The dimensions of resource management, packet delivery efficiency, delay management, storage, and efficient cloud usage have significantly benefitted from the SDN paradigm. newline