ABSTRACT
Abstract ..........................................................................................................................................548 20.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................548 20.2 State of the Art and Practice of VANET .............................................................................. 549 20.3 Communications and Networking in VANET ..................................................................... 552 20.4 Simulation of Communications and Networking in VANET ............................................... 554
20.4.1 Network Simulators .................................................................................................. 556 20.4.1.1 Optimized Network Engineering Tools ..................................................... 556 20.4.1.2 OMNeT++ .................................................................................................. 556 20.4.1.3 ns-2 and ns-3 .............................................................................................. 557 20.4.1.4 QualNet ...................................................................................................... 557 20.4.1.5 Scalable Wireless Ad Hoc Network Simulator .......................................... 558 20.4.1.6 OMNEST ................................................................................................... 559
20.4.2 Integration of Trafc Simulator with Network Simulator ........................................ 559 20.4.3 Mobility Models .......................................................................................................560
