title: A bandwidth-efficient service for local information dissemination in sparse to dense roadways.
abstract: Thanks to the research on Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), we will be able to deploy applications on roadways that will contribute to energy efficiency through a better planning of long trips. With this goal in mind, we have designed a gas/charging station advertising system, which takes advantage of the broadcast nature of the network. We have found that reducing the number of total sent packets is important, as it allows for a better use of the available bandwidth. We have designed improvements for a distance-based flooding scheme, so that it can support the advertising application with good results in sparse to dense roadway scenarios.
authors.affiliation: Department of Telematic Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. emglozan@it.uc3m.es
authors.forename: Estrella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garcia-Lozano
authors.forename: Celeste
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcia-Rubio
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cortes-Martin
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Carrion
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Noriega-Vivas