A Novel Routing Algorithm for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Un Nuevo Algoritmo de Enrutamiento para Redes Ad Hoc Vehiculares

This article examines the importance of wireless ad hoc networs and the Location Routing Algorithm with Cluster-Based Flooding (LORA-CBF) for inter-vehicular communication in the context of optimizing traffic flow and increasing motorway safety. The LORA-CBF routing algorithm is discussed and simulated in detail, considering a motorway environment with its associated high mobility. First, for small-scale networs, our proposed simulation model is validated with the results of a test bed. Then, for large- scale networs we use simulations to compare our model with both the Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) algorithms. We use a microscopic traffic model, developed in OPNET, to ascertain the mobility of 250 vehicles on a motorway. Finally, we apply LORA-CBF in a vehicular test bed.