| Affiliation: | 1. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0232-9136;2. CES Lab, National School of Engineers, Sfax, Tunisia;3. Abir Mchergui, CES Lab, National School of Engineers, Sfax, Tunisia.;4. Department of Information Technology, College of Computer, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia;5. Maths and CS Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia;6. Department of Computer Science, College of Computer, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia;7. BIND Research Group, CoC, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia;8. ENIM, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia |
| Abstract: | Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are emergent concepts in terms of infrastructure‐less communication. The data dissemination is usually done using broadcast schemes. Data broadcast in VANETs is a challenging issue due to the high mobility vehicles and the varying density. On one hand, these vehicles have to share and disseminate the safety‐critical information, in real time, to other intended vehicles. On the other hand, the existing broadcast solutions do not succeed, till now, to fulfill VANETs requirements especially in terms of performance and QoS. In this paper, we propose a new QoS‐aware broadcast method in order to face VANETs communications challenges. We choose to adapt a concept originally devoted to mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and join it to other specific VANET techniques to introduce a new broadcasting protocol in the aim of optimizing QoS fulfilment. The proposed solution is fundamentally based on enhanced kinetic strategy assisted with fuzzy logic for QoS‐aware multipoint relay (MPR). The protocol efficiency is eventually tested through an experimental study and compared with existing methods. The results prove the over‐performance of the proposed solution. |
