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Generation rate control with AoI under traffic hole problem in vehicular networks

Generation rate control with AoI under traffic hole problem in vehicular networks

Authors: Jiqing Gu, Chao Song, Siqi Liao, Hongwei Li, Ming Liu, Jie Wu
Status: Final
Date of publication: 8 July 2022
Published in: ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 3 (2022), Issue 1, Pages 46-57
Article DOI : https://doi.org/10.52953/DIFR6805
Abstract:
In 6G mobile networks, vehicular networks will significantly benefit from extremely high network throughput and capacity. For Internet of Things (IoT) within a vehicular network, the sensor data as an update is delivered from each sensor source to a nearby gateway, by Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle to Roadside unit (V2R) communications. The mobility of the vehicles is not only affected by the vehicle itself, but also by external means, such as the signal operations of traffic lights. The red light stops the vehicles at the intersection, which will increase the time it takes for updates carried by the vehicle to be delivered. On the other hand, the red light can also increase the opportunities of vehicles moving behind to catch up with the waiting vehicles in forwarding updates. This is termed as the traffic hole problem by the traffic lights in vehicular networks. In this paper, we investigate the influence of traffic lights in vehicular networks using the metric of Age of Information (AoI). We discuss the optimal generation rate at the source by considering the trade-off between AoI and transmission cost. We propose a Total Average Cost aware generation rate Algorithm (TACA) for the generation interval time at the sensor source. Our intensive simulations verify the proposed algorithm and evaluate the influence of the traffic lights on AoI.

Keywords: Age of information, generation rate control, traffic hole, vehicular network
Rights: © International Telecommunication Union, available under the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license.
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