Peer-to-peer data structures for cooperative traffic information systems

  • Authors:
  • Jedrzej Rybicki;Björn Scheuermann;Martin Mauve

  • Affiliations:
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany;Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Pervasive and Mobile Computing
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Cooperative traffic information systems support the driver of a car in selecting a route, based on traffic information collected by other cars. We propose to use a peer-to-peer network based on Internet access via cellular networks to distribute traffic information between the participants of such a system. This approach avoids the well-known limitations of VANET-based communication. Since the data maintained in a cooperative traffic information system has a very specific structure, it is particularly profitable-in terms of bandwidth consumption and latency-to tailor the system to this specific application domain instead of re-using generic peer-to-peer approaches. This realization led us to the development of GraphTIS-a peer-to-peer network specifically designed to manage traffic information. In this paper, we derive, step-by-step, the core mechanisms of GraphTIS, starting with a standard peer-to-peer system, outlining a first solution-named PeerTIS-which is based on a modification of this standard DHT, and then presenting GraphTIS, a novel peer-to-peer system that has been specifically designed to support traffic information systems.