VANET Simulators:An Overview and Comparative Analysis
2026 14th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS), Massachusetts, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 19 - 20 Mart 2026, ss.1-7, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Doi Numarası: 10.1109/isdfs69419.2026.11458920
- Basıldığı Şehir: Massachusetts
- Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-7
- Maltepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) utilize Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) for real-time data exchange, road-safety enhancement, and coordinated operation of connected and autonomous vehicles. The high mobility, frequent topology changes, and heterogeneous communication modes in VANETs necessitate advanced simulation environments for robust development, testing, and performance evaluation. This study reviews approximately 70 recent scholarly works to comparatively analyze five prominent VANET simulators (SUMO, OMNeT++, ns-3, Veins, and MATLAB-based platforms), assessing architecture, protocol support, scalability, and mobility integration. It identifies each tool's strengths, limitations, and appropriate use cases ranging from traffic modeling to network and cross-layer evaluation. Three key open challenges are highlighted: interoperability, more realistic mobility modeling, and AI-enabled hybrid simulation, and the findings are intended to guide the design of more realistic, flexible, and better-integrated VANET simulation frameworks.