Springer Internet of Vehicles and its Applications in Autonomous Driving (Unmanned System Technologies)

This book provides an insight on the importance that Internet of Vehicles (IoV) solutions can have in taking care of vehicular safety through internetworking and automation. Key features of the book are the inclusion and elaboration of recent and emerging developments in various specializations of intelligent transportation systems and their solutions by incorporating IoT (Internet of Things) and IoV. This book presents to its readers useful IoV applications and architectures that cater to their improved driving requirements and lead towards autonomous driving. The application domains have a large range in which vehicular networking, communication technology, sensor devices, computing materials and devices, IoT communication, vehicular and on-road safety, data security and other topics are included.   From the Back Cover This book provides an insight on the importance that Internet of Vehicles (IoV) solutions can have in taking care of vehicular safety through internetworking and automation. Key features of the book are the inclusion and elaboration of recent and emerging developments in various specializations of intelligent transportation systems and their solutions by incorporating IoT (Internet of Things) and IoV. This book presents to its readers useful IoV applications and architectures that cater to their improved driving requirements and lead towards autonomous driving. The application domains have a large range in which vehicular networking, communication technology, sensor devices, computing materials and devices, IoT communication, vehicular and on-road safety, data security and other topics are included.   About the Author Nishu Gupta is specialized in the field of Vehicular Communication and Networking. He is Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering with specialization in designing MAC Protocols for Vehicular Ad-hoc Network for enhanced safety in vehicles. Presently he is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Informatics, University of Oviedo, Spain along with working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Vaagdevi College of Engineering, Warangal, India. Dr. Gupta is an active reviewer of research articles in high impact Journals. He has co-authored several books, has more than 38 publications among peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and conferences proceedings. Dr. Nishu has been Invited as Speaker, Session Chair and Conference Chair on various occasions and has been awarded and honored by various academic and research organizations throughout the world owing to his contribution to the fraternity. His research interest includes wireless communication, Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Edge Computing, Augmented Intelligence, Ad-Hoc Networks, Vehicular Communication, Cognitive Radio Ad-hoc Network, etc. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and holds active membership of many other professional institutions. Arun Prakash received his PhD from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India in 2011. He was a Visiting Research Scholar at the University of Waterloo, Canada during September 2008 to February 2009. At present, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India. His research interests are in the area of wireless and mobile communication, Mobile ad hoc networks, Vehicular Networks (Intelligent Transportation Systems-ITSs), Cognitive Radio Networks and Wireless Sensor Networks. He has published more than 50 papers in international journals and conferences of repute. He is a member of IEEE, IAENG and IETE. Rajeev Tripathi received his B.Tech, M.Tech., and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Allahabad University, India. At present, he is wo