METHOD TO MODEL VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AS RANDOM GEOMETRIC GRAPHS

摘要

A method for generating mathematical analysis of a communication protocol in a vehicular communications network. The method defines features of a vehicular network, which may include a graph of a street map within a geographic area. A random geometric graph with a plurality of parameters is generated. A plurality of communications protocols on the vehicular network are defined. A communication protocol over the random geometric graph is redefined. A communication protocol's basic properties and associated features on the random geometric graph are analyzed. Results of the analysis are generated. The results of the analysis based on the random geometric graph's parameters are translated into results based on the vehicular network features. The random geometric graph with the parameters are displayed. The parameters may include: a number of graph nodes; and a probability that any two nodes are communicably connected being expressed as a function of the vehicular network features.