Authors:Mauricio J. Silva¹;Genilson I. Silva²;Fernando A. Teixeira³ andRicardo A. Oliveira¹

Affiliations:¹Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil;²Instituto Federal Sudeste Minas Gerais, Brazil;³Universidade Federal de Sao Joao Del Rei, Brazil

Keyword(s):Vehicular Network Simulators, Traffic Simulators, Mobility Models.

RelatedOntology Subjects/Areas/Topics:Agents ;Artificial Intelligence ;Bioinformatics ;Biomedical Engineering ;Enterprise Information Systems ;Information Systems Analysis and Specification ;Methodologies and Technologies ;Operational Research ;Simulation ;Tools, Techniques and Methodologies for System Development

Abstract:New proposals of applications and protocols for vehicular networks appear every day. Its crucial to evaluate,test and validate these proposals on a large scale before deploying them in the real world. Simulation is byfar the preferred method by the community when conducting the evaluation. In this paper we survey themain simulators for vehicular networks and show how they evolved over time. Thus, we provide informationthat leads to an understanding of how, and how long does it take for the scientific community to absorb a newsimulator proposal. Additionally, valuable insights are presented to help researchers make better choices whenselecting the appropriate simulator to evaluate new proposals.