W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic Networks
Natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunami could destroy the existing infrastructure-based communication system. IoT-based health monitoring is not possible in such scenarios. Therefore, there is a need for other resilient health monitoring frameworks to provide consistent health monitoring with...
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author | Pawan Singh Ram Shringar Raw Suhel Ahmad Khan Mazin Abed Mohammed Ayman A. Aly Dac-Nhuong Le |
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description | Natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunami could destroy the existing infrastructure-based communication system. IoT-based health monitoring is not possible in such scenarios. Therefore, there is a need for other resilient health monitoring frameworks to provide consistent health monitoring without depending on existing communication platforms. Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN) based health monitoring utilizing Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) as a communication medium could be a handy solution for transmitting patients’ health information to the nearest ambulance or hospital in emergencies or disaster-prone areas. Casualty rates can be reduced significantly by providing emergency treatment to injured patients within a stipulated time. VANET’s health monitoring applications are time-critical; therefore, designing a stable and efficient routing algorithm is a significant research challenge. Over the years, the researchers proposed many routing solutions to minimize the delay for critical applications. This paper proposed a Weighted Geographical Routing (W-GeoR) for VANET’s health monitoring applications focusing on next-hop node selection for faster vital signs dissemination to facilitate post-disaster health monitoring in urban traffic environments. The proposed protocol utilized traffic-aware information including traffic mobility, inter-vehicle distances, speed differences, communication link expiration time, channel quality, and proximity factors for optimal next-hop node selection procedure. W-GeoR is tested on a post-disaster scenario created with SUMO-0.32 and NS-3.23 platforms. Simulated results confirm that W-GeoR performs better than the existing state-of-the-art protocols. |
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spelling | doaj.art-53854d7f49cf44edb792e6fd258ae2752022-12-22T01:52:18ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110388503886910.1109/ACCESS.2021.30924269465138W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic NetworksPawan Singh0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6122-4575Ram Shringar Raw1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-9893Suhel Ahmad Khan2Mazin Abed Mohammed3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-8102Ayman A. Aly4Dac-Nhuong Le5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-2803Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaNetaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi, IndiaIndira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaCollege of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Anbar, IraqDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, Taif, Saudi ArabiaInstitute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Danang, VietnamNatural disasters like earthquakes and tsunami could destroy the existing infrastructure-based communication system. IoT-based health monitoring is not possible in such scenarios. Therefore, there is a need for other resilient health monitoring frameworks to provide consistent health monitoring without depending on existing communication platforms. Wireless Body Sensor Network (WBSN) based health monitoring utilizing Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) as a communication medium could be a handy solution for transmitting patients’ health information to the nearest ambulance or hospital in emergencies or disaster-prone areas. Casualty rates can be reduced significantly by providing emergency treatment to injured patients within a stipulated time. VANET’s health monitoring applications are time-critical; therefore, designing a stable and efficient routing algorithm is a significant research challenge. Over the years, the researchers proposed many routing solutions to minimize the delay for critical applications. This paper proposed a Weighted Geographical Routing (W-GeoR) for VANET’s health monitoring applications focusing on next-hop node selection for faster vital signs dissemination to facilitate post-disaster health monitoring in urban traffic environments. The proposed protocol utilized traffic-aware information including traffic mobility, inter-vehicle distances, speed differences, communication link expiration time, channel quality, and proximity factors for optimal next-hop node selection procedure. W-GeoR is tested on a post-disaster scenario created with SUMO-0.32 and NS-3.23 platforms. Simulated results confirm that W-GeoR performs better than the existing state-of-the-art protocols.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9465138/VANEThealth monitoringdisaster managementgeographical routingGPSR |
spellingShingle | Pawan Singh Ram Shringar Raw Suhel Ahmad Khan Mazin Abed Mohammed Ayman A. Aly Dac-Nhuong Le W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic Networks IEEE Access VANET health monitoring disaster management geographical routing GPSR |
title | W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic Networks |
title_full | W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic Networks |
title_fullStr | W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic Networks |
title_full_unstemmed | W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic Networks |
title_short | W-GeoR: Weighted Geographical Routing for VANET’s Health Monitoring Applications in Urban Traffic Networks |
title_sort | w geor weighted geographical routing for vanet x2019 s health monitoring applications in urban traffic networks |
topic | VANET health monitoring disaster management geographical routing GPSR |
url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9465138/ |
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