Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are created by applying the principles of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) – the spontaneous creation of a wireless network of mobile devices – to the domain of vehicles. VANETs were first mentioned and introduced in 2001 under "car-to-car ad-hoc mobile communication and networking" applications, where networks can be formed and information can be relayed among cars. Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside communications architectures will co-exist in VANETs to provide road safety, navigation, and other roadside services. VANETs are a key part of the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) framework. Sometimes, VANETs are referred as Intelligent Transportation Networks. They are understood as having evolved into a broader "Internet of vehicles", which itself is expected to ultimately evolve into an "Internet of autonomous vehicles".

Research Team

1. Hossam Fahmy
2. Ayman Bahaa-El Din

Related Journal Publication List

1. Islam Tharwat Abdel-Halim, Hossam Mahmoud Ahmed Fahmy, Mobility Prediction in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks: Prediction Aims, Techniques, Use Cases, and Research Challenges, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 2019. 
2. Islam Tharwat Abdel-Halim, Hossam Mahmoud Ahmed Fahmy, Prediction-based Protocols for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: Survey and taxonomy, Computer Networks, Elsevier, Volume 130, 15 January 2018, Pages 34-50.
3. Islam Tharwat Abdel-Halim, Hossam Mahmoud Ahmed Fahmy, Ayman M Bahaa-El Din, Mobility Prediction-based Efficient Clustering Scheme for Connected and Automated Vehicles in VANETs, Computer Networks, Elsevier, Volume 150, 26 February 2019, Pages  217-233.