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ABSTRACT 1 2 INTRODUCTION VANET NETWORKS 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 VANET CHARACTERISTICS 2.3 WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES 2.3.1 AD-HOC NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES 2.3.2 CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES ROUTING PROTOCOLS 2.4.1 COMMUNICATION PATTERNS 2.4.2 ROUTING PROTOCOLS 2.4.3 2.5 CLASSIFICATION ROUTING PROTOCOLS FOR 1 4 4 7 8 8 12 13 14 15 17 21 23 24 24 25 26

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2.4

VANETS APPLICATIONS 2.5.1 SAFETY-RELATED 2.5.2 2.5.2 APPLICATIONS TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY APPLICATIONS INFORMATION AND

2.6

ENTERTAINMENT APPLICATIONS SIMULATION OF VANETS 2.6.1 VANET SIMULATION ALTERNATIVES 2.6.2 VANETMOBISIM/NS-2

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2.7 3 4

SIMULATOR RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN VANETS

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK 3.1 CONCLUSIONS 3.2 FUTURE WORK REFERENCES

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2.1 2.2

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CURRENT BLUETOOTH CLASSES FEATURES OF WIRELESS NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES PROPOSED TO DEPLOY VANETS. MAIN FEATURES OF ROUTING PROTOCOLS APPLIED ON VANETS

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2.3

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1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8

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VANET USE CASE: WARN OF OBSTACLE IN THE ROAD EXAMPLE OF A MANET NETWORK EXAMPLE OF A VANET APPLICATION: WARNING OF A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT EXAMPLE OF A VANET APPLICATION: WARNING OF OBSTACLES IN THE ROAD DSRC CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT IN NORTH AMERICA ACCIDENT WARNING BY USING GPRS COMMUNICATION PATTERN REPRESENTATIONS BLIND-FLOODING PROTOCOL REPRESENTATION CDS PROTOCOL REPRESENTATION WITH DOMINANT NODES IN BLACK AND PASSIVE NODES IN WHITE DISCOVERY PROCEDURE USED BY DSR ROUTING PROTOCOL VANET APPLICATION: COOPERATIVE FORWARD COLLISION WARNING VANET APPLICATION: APPROACHING MOTORCYCLE WARNING VANET APPLICATION: PUBLICITY BOARD PODCASTING OF A CINEMA VANETMOBISIM/NS-2 BASIC ARCHITECTURE

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2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13

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