Traffic Congestion Control using Vehicular Ad Hoc Network

Abstract

Nowadays traffic on the roads is becoming a major problem in developed cities. With the advancement in technology vehicles themselves could be used to compile and analyze traffic data and relay it to the drivers in a format that will allow them to make smart decisions to avoid congested areas, resulting in congestion control. Vehicular Ad-Hoc network (VANET) is one of the best solution which enables vehicle to vehicle communication. Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANET) are a form of mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) that provide communications between nearby vehicles and nearby fixed equipment. We present a strategy to control traffic congestion with the help of vehicle-to-vehicle(V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure(V2I) communication. This is achieved by transmission of messages which alerts the drivers about possible traffic breakdown. The message transmitted will guide the driver so as to take the decision needed to control the traffic congestion.