Information-Centric Network-Based Vehicular Communications: Overview and Research Opportunities.

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Networking
• Telecommunications

Background:

• The current Internet Protocol (IP)-based model faces limitations in security, scalability, and content distribution.
• Information Centric Networking (ICN) proposes a name-based, content-centric model as a future Internet paradigm.
• Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) are an emerging communication paradigm for vehicles.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide an overview of the Information Centric Network (ICN)-based Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET) approach.
• To examine the contributions and research challenges of integrating ICN with VANETs.
• To discuss connectivity issues of vehicular ICN models with other emerging paradigms like Software Defined Network (SDN), Cloud, and Edge computing.

Main Methods:

• Literature review and conceptual analysis of ICN and VANET integration.
• Exploration of connectivity challenges in vehicular ICN architectures.
• Identification of research opportunities in ICN-based VANETs.

Main Results:

• ICN offers potential benefits for VANETs, including improved security and content distribution.
• Challenges exist in linking ICN with VANETs, particularly concerning mobility and dynamic network conditions.
• Connectivity issues are exacerbated when integrating vehicular ICN with SDN, Cloud, and Edge computing.

Conclusions:

• Integrating ICN with VANETs presents a promising but challenging research direction.
• Further research is needed in areas such as security, mobility management, routing, naming, caching, and 5G communications for ICN-based VANETs.
• The convergence of ICN, VANETs, SDN, Cloud, and Edge computing requires novel solutions for seamless vehicular communication.