Journal on Communications ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 82-91.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2019040

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Distributed congestion control strategy using network utility maximization theory in VANET

Guozhen TAN1,Guodong HAN1,Fuxin ZHANG2,Nan DING1,Mingjian LIU3   

  1. 1 The Computer Science Institute,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,China
    2 College of Computer Science and Engineering,Shandong University of Science and Technology,Qingdao 266590,China
    3 College of Information Engineering,Dalian Ocean University,Dalian 116023,China
  • Revised:2018-04-10 Online:2019-02-01 Published:2019-03-04
  • Supported by:
    The National High-Tech Projects(2012AA111902);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(61471084);The Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR201709210163);The Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong University of Science and Technology for Recruited Talents(2017RCJJ044)

Abstract:

Cooperative vehicle safety system (CVSS) rely on periodical beacons to track neighboring vehicles.High traffic density often causes channel congestion,seriously damaging the performance of CVSS.Existing congestion control strategies aim to ensure the performance in network layer,without considering the service requirements of vehicles in different driving contexts.To solve the problem,a distributed congestion control strategy using network utility maximization (NUM) theory was proposed.First of all,the NUM model for channel resource allocation was introduced.A utility function reflecting vehicle’s safety requirements was proposed in the model.Then under the condition of fixed transmit powers,a optimization problem of channel resource allocation was proposed.Lastly,to solve the optimization problem,a distributed congestion control algorithm named utility-based rate congestion control (UBRCC) algorithm was designed,the algorithm worked out the optimal beaconing rate by updating vehicle’s congestion price,realizing the resource allocation according to vehicle’s safety requirements.Simulation results validate that UBRCC algorithm can efficiently control channel congestion,reduce transmission delay,ensure reliable data transmission and satisfies the requirements of safety applications.

Key words: cooperative vehicle safety systems, VANET, congestion control, fairness, network utility maximization

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