DRiVE-ing to the Internet: Dynamic Radio for IP services in Vehicular Environments

Abstract

The European Union funded DRiVE project (Dynamic Radio for IP Services in Vehicular Environments) aims at enabling spectrum-efficient high-quality wireless IP communication in a heterogeneous multi-radio environment to deliver in-vehicle multimedia services. Key issues are spectrum efficiency and dynamic spectrum allocation within different radio networks, the IPv6 based network infrastructure with inter-working of cellular and broadcast radio networks, as well as adaptive services for the vehicular environment with a high degree of mobility. The paper gives a general overview of the DRiVE project and focuses on the network architecture for IP over multi-radio access networks and traffic control aspects within the emerging "DRiVE" network.