A comprehensive survey on clustering in vehicular networks: Current solutions and future challenges

M Ayyub, A Oracevic, R Hussain, AA Khan, Z Zhang - Ad Hoc Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Vehicular networks are on the verge of deployment, thanks to the advancements in
computation and communication technologies. This breed of ad hoc networks leverages …

The importance of selecting clustering parameters in VANETs: A survey

R Kaur, RK Ramachandran, R Doss, L Pan - Computer Science Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communication capability has drawn the attention of
various government agencies, industries, and research communities to implement the …

QMM-VANET: An efficient clustering algorithm based on QoS and monitoring of malicious vehicles in vehicular ad hoc networks

H Fatemidokht, MK Rafsanjani - Journal of Systems and Software, 2020 - Elsevier
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are considered as a subset of mobile ad hoc networks
(MANETs) that can be used in the transportation field. These networks considerably improve …

A secured privacy-preserving multi-level blockchain framework for cluster based VANET

AFMS Akhter, M Ahmed, AFMS Shah, A Anwar… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Existing research shows that Cluster-based Medium Access Control (CB-MAC) protocols
perform well in controlling and managing Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET), but requires …

An unsupervised cluster-based VANET-oriented evolving graph (CVoEG) model and associated reliable routing scheme

Z Khan, P Fan, S Fang, F Abbas - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), communication links break more frequently due to
the high-speed vehicles. In this paper, a novel cluster-based VANET oriented evolving …

Privacy-Preserving Mobility Model and Optimization-Based Advanced Cluster Head Selection (P2O-ACH) for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

NF Abdulsattar, DA Mohammed, A Alkhayyat… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), due to the fast-moving mobile nodes, the topology
changes frequently. This dynamically changing topology produces congestion and …

Computational intelligence inspired data delivery for vehicle-to-roadside communications

C Wu, T Yoshinaga, Y Ji… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a vehicle-to-roadside communication protocol based on distributed clustering
where a coalitional game approach is used to stimulate the vehicles to join a cluster, and a …

Delay-aware grid-based geographic routing in urban VANETs: A backbone approach

C Chen, L Liu, T Qiu, DO Wu… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the random delay, local maximum and data congestion in vehicular networks, the
design of a routing is really a challenging task especially in the urban environment. In this …

RIS-assisted jamming rejection and path planning for UAV-borne IoT platform: A new deep reinforcement learning framework

S Hu, X Yuan, W Ni, X Wang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based approach to the
trajectory planning and jamming rejection of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the …

A hybrid price auction-based secure routing protocol using advanced speed and cosine similarity-based clustering against sinkhole attack in VANETs

Y Pramitarini, RHY Perdana, TN Tran, K Shim, B An - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In ad-hoc vehicle networks (VANETs), the random mobility causes the rapid network
topology change, which leads to the challenge of the reliable data transmission. In this …