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ZTE Communications ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (3): 29-35.DOI: DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2016.03.004

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Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks for Social Networks: Requirements and Challenges

YANG Haojun1, ZHENG Kan1, LEI Lei2, and XIANG Wei3   

  1. 1. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China;
    2. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;
    3. Jame Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
  • Received:2016-01-01 Online:2016-08-01 Published:2019-11-29
  • About author:YANG Haojun (yanghaojun.yhj@bupt.edu.cn) received the BE degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 2014. Currently, he is working towards his PhD degree in information and communication engineering at BUPT. His research interests focus on wireless communications and vehicular networks.
    ZHENG Kan (zkan@bupt.edu.cn) received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 1996, 2000, and 2005, respectively. Currently, he is a full professor with BUPT, China. He has rich experiences on the research and standardization of the new emerging technologies. He is the author of more than 200 journal articles and conference papers in the field of 4G/5G networks, M2M networks, VANET, and so on. He holds the Editorial Board position for several journals including IEEE Access, JNCA and ETT. He is an IEEE Senior member and an IET Fellow. He has organized several special issues in famous journals including IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Communication Magazine, and IEEE System Journal.
    LEI Lei (leil@bjtu.edu.cn) received the BS and PhD degrees in telecommunications engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. From July 2006 to March 2008, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, China. From April 2008 to August 2011, she was with the Wireless Communications Department, China Mobile Research Institute. Since September 2011, she has been a full professor with the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, China. Her current research interests include performance evaluation, quality of service, and radio resource management in wireless communication networks.
    XIANG Wei (Wei.xiang@jcu.edu.au) received his BEng and MEng degrees, both in electronic engineering, from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 1997 and 2000, respectively, and his PhD degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of South Australia in 2004. He is currently a full professor in the College of Science, Technology and Engineering at James Cook University, Australia. During 2004 and 2015, he was an associate professor with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He was a co-recipient of the Best Paper Awards at 2015 WCSP and 2011 IEEE WCNC. He is an IET Fellow. He has been awarded several prestigious fellowship titles. He was named a Queensland International Fellow (2010- 2011) by the Queensland Government of Australia, an Endeavour Research Fellow (2012-2013) by the Commonwealth Government of Australia, a Smart Futures Fellow (2012-2015) by the Queensland Government of Australia, and a JSPS Invitational Fellow jointly by the Australian Academy of Science and Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (2014-2015). In 2008, he was a visiting scholar at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. From October 2010 to March 2011, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Mississippi, USA. Between August 2012 and March 2013, He was an Endeavour visiting associate professor at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in the broad area of communications and information theory, particularly coding and signal processing for multimedia communications systems.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported in part by National Science Foundation of China (No.61331009) and National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No.2015ZX03002009-004).

Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks for Social Networks: Requirements and Challenges

YANG Haojun1, ZHENG Kan1, LEI Lei2, and XIANG Wei3   

  1. 1. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China;
    2. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;
    3. Jame Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
  • 作者简介:YANG Haojun (yanghaojun.yhj@bupt.edu.cn) received the BE degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 2014. Currently, he is working towards his PhD degree in information and communication engineering at BUPT. His research interests focus on wireless communications and vehicular networks.
    ZHENG Kan (zkan@bupt.edu.cn) received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 1996, 2000, and 2005, respectively. Currently, he is a full professor with BUPT, China. He has rich experiences on the research and standardization of the new emerging technologies. He is the author of more than 200 journal articles and conference papers in the field of 4G/5G networks, M2M networks, VANET, and so on. He holds the Editorial Board position for several journals including IEEE Access, JNCA and ETT. He is an IEEE Senior member and an IET Fellow. He has organized several special issues in famous journals including IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Communication Magazine, and IEEE System Journal.
    LEI Lei (leil@bjtu.edu.cn) received the BS and PhD degrees in telecommunications engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. From July 2006 to March 2008, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, China. From April 2008 to August 2011, she was with the Wireless Communications Department, China Mobile Research Institute. Since September 2011, she has been a full professor with the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, China. Her current research interests include performance evaluation, quality of service, and radio resource management in wireless communication networks.
    XIANG Wei (Wei.xiang@jcu.edu.au) received his BEng and MEng degrees, both in electronic engineering, from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 1997 and 2000, respectively, and his PhD degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of South Australia in 2004. He is currently a full professor in the College of Science, Technology and Engineering at James Cook University, Australia. During 2004 and 2015, he was an associate professor with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He was a co-recipient of the Best Paper Awards at 2015 WCSP and 2011 IEEE WCNC. He is an IET Fellow. He has been awarded several prestigious fellowship titles. He was named a Queensland International Fellow (2010- 2011) by the Queensland Government of Australia, an Endeavour Research Fellow (2012-2013) by the Commonwealth Government of Australia, a Smart Futures Fellow (2012-2015) by the Queensland Government of Australia, and a JSPS Invitational Fellow jointly by the Australian Academy of Science and Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (2014-2015). In 2008, he was a visiting scholar at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. From October 2010 to March 2011, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Mississippi, USA. Between August 2012 and March 2013, He was an Endeavour visiting associate professor at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in the broad area of communications and information theory, particularly coding and signal processing for multimedia communications systems.
  • 基金资助:
    This work was supported in part by National Science Foundation of China (No.61331009) and National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No.2015ZX03002009-004).

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Abstract: Heterogeneous vehicular networks (HetVNETs) are regarded as a promising technique for meeting various requirements of intelligent transportation system (ITS) services. With the rapid development of mobile Internet in the past decade, social networks (SNs) have become an indispensable part of human life. Based on this indivisible relationship between vehicles and users, social characteristics and human behaviors can significantly affect vehicular network performance. Hence, we firstly present two architectures for SNs by introducing social characteristics into the HetVNETs. Then, several user cases are also given in this paper, in which service requirements are analyzed simultaneously. At last, we briefly discuss potential challenges raised by the HetVNETs for SNs.

Key words: social network (SN), heterogeneous vehicular network (HetVNET), intelligent transportation system (ITS)

摘要： Heterogeneous vehicular networks (HetVNETs) are regarded as a promising technique for meeting various requirements of intelligent transportation system (ITS) services. With the rapid development of mobile Internet in the past decade, social networks (SNs) have become an indispensable part of human life. Based on this indivisible relationship between vehicles and users, social characteristics and human behaviors can significantly affect vehicular network performance. Hence, we firstly present two architectures for SNs by introducing social characteristics into the HetVNETs. Then, several user cases are also given in this paper, in which service requirements are analyzed simultaneously. At last, we briefly discuss potential challenges raised by the HetVNETs for SNs.

关键词: social network (SN), heterogeneous vehicular network (HetVNET), intelligent transportation system (ITS)