Intelligent Transportation Systems: Dependable Vehicular Communications for Improved Road Safety

Deterministic Real-Time Communication Protocols for ITS.- Vehicular Flexible Time-Triggered (V-FTT) Protocol.- Fault Tolerance in Vehicular Communication.- Fail Silent Road Side Unit architecture for Vehicular Communication.- Low Delay Recovery Mechanism for RSU backup.- Fault Tolerant Vehicular Flexible Time-Triggered protocol (V-FTT) protocol.- Security Challenges in Vehicular Communication Networks.- Security Considerations and Solutions for IEEE 802.11p.- Communication and Services Analysis of IEEE 1609.2.- Simulators and Testbed Development for ITS: Design and Requirements.- Traffic and Travel models for ITS.- Deterministic Real-Time Communication Simulator for ITS.- IEEE 802.11P Enhanced Transceiver for ITS.- Intelligent Cooperative Testbed Prototype for ITS.