Mobility Data Assessment for Vehicular Networks
Clayson S. F. de S. Celes, Azzedine Boukerche, Antônio A. F. Loureiro · 2019
Understanding mobility is a fundamental task in the design of mobile networking solutions. The adoption of mobility traces is extremely relevant both to obtain a meaningful understanding of mobility and to create realistic simulation scenarios. However, those traces may have different features that lead to conclusions inconsistent with reality and, consequently, impact the performance of the proposed solutions. In this work, we propose a methodology to evaluate mobility traces considering their spatial and temporal aspects. Furthermore, we review real, publicly available, and widely adopted mobility traces and discuss the application them to vehicular networks. The results show that the use of mobility data for vehicular networks is extremely timely, but that they must undergo a process of quality improvement.