Achieving Efficiency and Fairness for Association Control in Vehicular Networks

Deploying city-wide 802.11 access points has made possible internet access in a vehicle, nevertheless it is challenging to maintain client performance at vehicular speed especially when multiple mobile users exist. This paper considers the association control problem for vehicular networks in drivethru Internet scenarios. In particular, we aim to improve the overall throughput and fairness for all users. We design efficient algorithms to achieve the objectives through several techniques including approximation. Our simulation results confirm the performance of our algorithms.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICNP
• Authors: Lei Xie, Qun Li, Weizhen Mao, Jie Wu, Daoxu Chen
• Keywords: City-wide 802.11 Access, Computer Networks, Drivethru Internet Scenarios, ICNP 2009, Multiple Mobile Users