A Green Time-Bounded Routing on Solar-Based Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks

Abstract

A solar-based vehicular ad-hoc networking technique is a key issue to exploit the on-board sensing, computing, energy harvesting, and wireless communication capabilities in the intelligent transportation system. Most existing research results mostly paid attention to the energy savings, but lacking in consideration of the energy harvesting. An electric solar vehicle considered in this paper is equipped with a solar panel so that the vehicle battery can be periodically charged while keeping the high ECR, where ECR (energy consumption ratio) is the average packet arrival ratio divided by the energy consumption. This paper proposes a new green time-bounded routing protocol, whose goal is to deliver messages to the destination within user-defined delay and to minimize the usage of radio and power consumption, because the radio spectrum and the power are the limited resources. Simulation results justify the efficiency of the proposed protocol.

Keywords::

• Electric Solar Vehicle
• Solar Panel
• Energy-Saving
• Routing
• Velocity Control

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Yuh-Shyan Chen

Yuh-Shyan Chen received B.S. degree in Computer Science from Tamkang University, Taiwan, ROC, in June 1988 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Information Engineering from the National Central University, Taiwan, ROC, in June 1991 and January 1996, respectively. Since 2006, he has been a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University, Taiwan, ROC. Since 2014, professore Chen is serving as Dean of College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taipei University, Taiwan, ROC. Professor Chen served as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (indexed by SCIE and EI), Regional Editor (Asia and Pacific) of IET Communications, Editorial Board of Telecommunication System Journal, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, International Journal of Communication Systems, Mobile Information Systems, Journal of Internet Technology, and IET Networks. His paper wins the 2001 IEEE 15th ICOIN-15 Best Paper Award. Prof. Chen was a recipient of the 2005 Young Scholar Research Award, National Chung Cheng University, ROC. His recent research topics include wireless communications, mobile computing, and next-generation personal communication system. Dr. Chen is a senior member of the IEEE Communication Society.

Yun-Wei Lin

Yun-Wei Lin received B.S. degree in Computer and Information Science from the Aletheia University, Taiwan, R.O.C., in June 2003 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Information Engineering from National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, R.O.C., in July 2005 and January 2011, respectively. His research interests include mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, underwater sensor networks, vehicular ad hoc networks, green computing, and software-defined networking.

Chih-Hao Wang

Chih-Hao Wang received B.S. degree in Department of Communication Engineering from Yuan Ze University, Taiwan, ROC, in June 2010 and M.S. degree in Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering from National Taipei University, Taiwan, ROC, in August 2012. His research interest includes mobile ad hoc networks, vehicular ad hoc networks, and green computing.