N-DEPLOYMENT: Proposal for Implementation of Fixed V2I Infrastructure for the Purpose of Serving Different Types of Vehicular Network Services

• Grant number: 24/20079-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2024
• End date: November 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science
• Principal Investigator: José Marcos Silva Nogueira
• Grantee: Bernardo Roberto Andrade Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Exatas (ICEx). Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Belo Horizonte , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/05182-3 - PORVIR-5G: programability, orchestration and virtualization in 5G networks, AP.TEM

Abstract

Efficient allocation of vehicular communication infrastructure is crucial for maximizing coverage with minimal investment in urban networks. Current approaches to vehicular network deployment often overlook the efficiency of coverage relative to the size of the infrastructure installed, resulting in solutions that can be either overly expensive or ineffective in dynamic urban environments. This work proposes the N-Deploy deployment strategy, which aims to minimize the V2I communication infrastructure enabled to serve different types of services provided by the 5G network to ensure that the largest possible proportion of vehicles circulating in an urban area is served. The proposed approach utilizes a GRASP heuristic toaddress this NP-complete problem, applying it to a realistic vehicular mobility scenario in Cologne, Germany. Preliminary results indicate that it is possible to minimize the number of RUS deployed by meeting different service levels.