Information dissemination in a multi-technology communication network
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1. A method for executing or adapting a forwarding strategy in a vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET), the method comprising:
- performing, by a first vehicle being a node in the VANET, the following actions;
analyzing current environmental conditions;
creating a forwarding strategy for forwarding information to other vehicles being nodes in the VANET based on the current environmental conditions, wherein one or more of the other vehicles are selected to be either a relay node or a forwarding node in the forwarding strategy based on dissimilarity relations with respect to coverage areas; and
forwarding the information to the other vehicles in the VANET according to the created forwarding strategy.
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Abstract
A method for executing or adapting a forwarding strategy in a vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) includes performing, by a first vehicle being a node in the VANET, the following actions: analyzing current environmental conditions; creating a forwarding strategy based on the current environmental conditions; and forwarding information to other vehicles in the VANET according to the created forwarding strategy.
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1. A method for executing or adapting a forwarding strategy in a vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET), the method comprising:
performing, by a first vehicle being a node in the VANET, the following actions; analyzing current environmental conditions; creating a forwarding strategy for forwarding information to other vehicles being nodes in the VANET based on the current environmental conditions, wherein one or more of the other vehicles are selected to be either a relay node or a forwarding node in the forwarding strategy based on dissimilarity relations with respect to coverage areas; and forwarding the information to the other vehicles in the VANET according to the created forwarding strategy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle in a vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET), the vehicle being configured to:
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analyze current environmental conditions; create a forwarding strategy for forwarding information to other vehicles being nodes in the VANET based on the current environmental conditions, wherein one or more of the other vehicles are selected to be either a relay node or a forwarding node in the forwarding strategy based on dissimilarity relations with respect to coverage areas; and forward the information to the other vehicles in the VANET according to the created forwarding strategy. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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