TY - JOUR
T1 - Overcoming the key challenges to establishing vehicular communication
T2 - Is SDN the answer?
AU - Yaqoob, Ibrar
AU - Ahmad, Iftikhar
AU - Ahmed, Ejaz
AU - Gani, Abdullah
AU - Imran, Muhammad
AU - Guizani, Nadra
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is funded by the Bright Sparks Unit and a High Impact Research Grant from the University of Malaya under references UM.C/625/1/ HIR/MOE/FCSIT/03 and RP012C-13AFR. Imran’s work is supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University through Research Group No. (RG # 1435-051).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Considerable development in software-based configurable hardware has paved the way for a new networking paradigm called software-defined vehicular networks (SDVNs). The distinctive features of SDN, such as its flexibility and programmability, can help fulfill the performance and management requirements for VANETs. Although several studies exist on VANET and SDN, a tutorial on SDVNs is still lacking. In this article, we initially investigate recent premier research advances in the SDVN paradigm. Then we categorize and classify SDVN concepts and establish a taxonomy based on important characteristics, such as services, access technologies, network architectural components, opportunities, operational modes, and system components. Furthermore, we identify and outline the key requirements for SDVNs. Finally, we enumerate and outline future research challenges.
AB - Considerable development in software-based configurable hardware has paved the way for a new networking paradigm called software-defined vehicular networks (SDVNs). The distinctive features of SDN, such as its flexibility and programmability, can help fulfill the performance and management requirements for VANETs. Although several studies exist on VANET and SDN, a tutorial on SDVNs is still lacking. In this article, we initially investigate recent premier research advances in the SDVN paradigm. Then we categorize and classify SDVN concepts and establish a taxonomy based on important characteristics, such as services, access technologies, network architectural components, opportunities, operational modes, and system components. Furthermore, we identify and outline the key requirements for SDVNs. Finally, we enumerate and outline future research challenges.
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U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1601183
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1601183
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028423482
SN - 0163-6804
VL - 55
SP - 128
EP - 135
JO - IEEE Communications Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Magazine
IS - 7
M1 - 7981537
ER -