@inproceedings{d9b27423cbb34d01ac84554a316342d9,
title = "Reliable opportunistic broadcast in VANETs (R-OB-VAN)",
abstract = "Reliable delivery of emergency messages is critical for VANET safety applications. However shadowing in VANETs can cause these packets to be lost. In this paper we propose a reliable opportunistic broadcast protocol (R-OB-VAN) that overcomes this problem and maintains a high delivery ratio and low average delay. The second contribution of this work is to define a simple but realistic model of shadowing caused by large vehicles and study its effect on the surrounding vehicles traveling on a highway. The results of our simulations show that R-OB-VAN delivers the emergency messages both quickly and with a high degree of reliability.",
keywords = "Opportunistic broadcast, Reliability, VANETs",
author = "Anis Laouiti and Paul M{\"u}hlethaler and Yasser Toor",
year = "2009",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/ITST.2009.5399325",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424453467",
series = "2009 9th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems Telecommunications, ITST 2009",
pages = "382--387",
booktitle = "2009 9th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems Telecommunications, ITST 2009",
note = "2009 9th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems Telecommunications, ITST 2009 ; Conference date: 20-10-2009 Through 22-10-2009",
}