GRCBox: Extending Smartphone Connectivity in Vehicular Networks

The low penetration of connectivity-enabled OBUs is delaying the deployment of vehicular networks (VNs) and therefore the development of vehicular delay tolerant network (VDTN) applications, among others. In this paper we present GRCBox, an architecture based on RaspberryPi that allows integrating s...

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Main Authors: Sergio M. Tornell, Subhadeep Patra, Carlos T. Calafate, Juan-Carlos Cano, Pietro Manzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/478064
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description The low penetration of connectivity-enabled OBUs is delaying the deployment of vehicular networks (VNs) and therefore the development of vehicular delay tolerant network (VDTN) applications, among others. In this paper we present GRCBox, an architecture based on RaspberryPi that allows integrating smartphones in VNs. GRCBox is based on a low-cost device that combines several pieces of software to provide ad hoc and multi-interface connectivity to smartphones. Using GRCBox each application can choose the interface for its data flows, which increases flexibility and will allow developers to easily implement applications based on ad hoc connectivity, such as VDTN applications.
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spelling doaj-art-1973b58c68f344a28d76f8712bd967592025-02-03T05:55:24ZengWileyInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772015-03-011110.1155/2015/478064478064GRCBox: Extending Smartphone Connectivity in Vehicular NetworksSergio M. TornellSubhadeep PatraCarlos T. CalafateJuan-Carlos CanoPietro ManzoniThe low penetration of connectivity-enabled OBUs is delaying the deployment of vehicular networks (VNs) and therefore the development of vehicular delay tolerant network (VDTN) applications, among others. In this paper we present GRCBox, an architecture based on RaspberryPi that allows integrating smartphones in VNs. GRCBox is based on a low-cost device that combines several pieces of software to provide ad hoc and multi-interface connectivity to smartphones. Using GRCBox each application can choose the interface for its data flows, which increases flexibility and will allow developers to easily implement applications based on ad hoc connectivity, such as VDTN applications.https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/478064
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