The vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have been researched for over twenty years. Although being a fundamental communication approach for vehicles, the conventional VANETs are challenged by the newly emerged autonomous vehicles (AVs) which introduce new features and challenges on communications. In the meantime, with the recent advances of artificial intelligence and 5G cellular networks, how should the fundamental framework of VANET evolve to utilize the new technologies? In this article, we reconsider the problem of vehicle-to-vehicle communications when the network is composed of AVs. We discuss the features and specific demands of AVs and how the conventional VANETs should adapt to fit them.
翻译:20多年来一直在研究车辆特设网络(VANETs),传统VANETs虽然是车辆的基本通信方法,但受到新产生的自治车辆的挑战,这些车辆在通信方面具有新的特点和挑战,与此同时,随着人工智能和5G蜂窝网络的最近发展,VANET的基本框架应如何发展以利用新技术?在本条中,当网络由AVs组成时,我们重新考虑车辆对车辆的通信问题。我们讨论了AVS的特点和具体需求,以及常规VANETs应如何适应这些特点和需求。