ABSTRACT

Contents 14.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 320 14.2 VANET Applications and Data Traffic Requirements .................................................... 322

14.2.1 Safety Applications ............................................................................................. 322 14.2.2 Traffic Management Applications ........................................................................324 14.2.3 User Infotainment Applications ...........................................................................324

14.3 Current Standards for Vehicular Communications .........................................................324 14.3.1 Spectrum Allocation for VANETs .......................................................................324 14.3.2 IEEE WAVE Standard .........................................................................................325