An Assessment on the Use of Stationary Vehicles as a Support to Cooperative Positioning

TL;DR

This paper explores how stationary vehicles can support moving vehicles in VANETs to improve localization accuracy, analyzing benefits, technical needs, algorithms, and validating with simulations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach of using stationary vehicles as reference points to enhance cooperative positioning in VANETs, supported by simulation results.

Findings

Stationary vehicles improve localization accuracy.

The proposed method is effective in simulated environments.

Technical requirements for implementation are identified.

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the use of stationary vehicles as tools to enhance the localisation capabilities of moving vehicles in a VANET. We examine the idea in terms of its potential benefits, technical requirements, algorithmic design and experimental evaluation. Simulation results are given to illustrate the efficacy of the technique.