Vehicular Networks: From Theory To Practice (chapman & Hall/crc Computer And Information Science Series)

The past decade has witnessed the emergence of Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET). While the original motivation for VANET was to promote traffic safety, more recently, privacy and security concerns have received attention. In addition, VANETS open new vistas for Internet access, distributed gaming, and the fast-growing mobile entertainment industry. This book is the first comprehensive source of information about VANETS, and introduces the reader to state-of-the-art research, technologies, tools, and innovations relating to this exciting new technology. Almost 800 pages examine everything from traffic engineering, applications, networking and computational issues, to psychology and human factors.