The Design of IEEE 802.16e-Based Relaying Path Selection and Handover with QoS Capability for Multi-Hop Vehicular Protocol Network

This two-year proposal is an extension of our last-year project, “The Design of IEEE 802.16e-based Relaying Path Selection and Handover with QoS Capability for Multi-hop Vehicular Protocol Network.” Based on the developed multihop relay infrastructure called backbone relay station (BRS) system and efficient route selection mechanism to supporting data transmission in the Telematics system, this project uses the techniques of broadband wireless access networks (BWANs) to develop a feasible, reliable, and high quality Telematics system further. The major purpose of this project is to investigate the critical techniques, the detailed design of system architecture, and analysis of the system performance. Based on the development of the first year project, we will continuously develop and investigate the kernel techniques of the system and overcome the related technical problems in the following second and third years. Related problems include (1) the performance evaluation of the hierarchical relay architecture, (2) the problem of clustering among vehicles, (3) routing problem in the Telematics networks, (4) channel reusing and interference avoidance problems, (5) the design of MAC handover problem, (6) the design of fast packet forwarding mechanism, (7) the design of seamlessly QoS handover, and (8) the design of proactive data distribution mechanism. We expect that, via the execution of the project, we can further investigate each possible bottleneck of the system, which will influence the system performance, any problems which may cause communication trouble, and the problem of handover in vehicular environment. Meanwhile a preliminary mobile vehicular communication system model can be developed by launching the project.

Project ID:PB9709-1909
External Project ID:NSC97-2221-E182-035-MY2