The present Master’s thesis seeks to develop a better understanding of how to evaluate the performance of vehicular communication networks with realistic vehicle mobility impacts. As a starting point, vehicular communication network technologies and different performance assessment methodologies as the fundamentals were carefully studied. In particular, this thesis argued that from the perspectives of efficiency and scalability it is possible to exploit more potentials and opportunities from analytical approaches in analysing the performance of vehicular communication networks. Despite the extensive body of research on statistical models in vehicular communication networks, unrealistic assumptions, oversimplifications and ignorance of realistic vehicle mobility impacts lead to their limited usage. Thus, on the basis of both a study of the literature and improvements of an existing analytical model, this thesis established an interlink between vehicle mobility and wireless communication network with a focus on the performance analysis. Extending upon Hassan and Vu’s (2011) model, a new integrative analytical module was developed, which merges realistic vehicle mobility impacts and wireless channel characteristics. As a result, an integrative module was tested, compared and validated on urban scenarios with a widely used hybrid simulator, in order to prove its effectiveness of providing rich insights in the performance assessment of vehicular communication networks.     «

The present Master’s thesis seeks to develop a better understanding of how to evaluate the performance of vehicular communication networks with realistic vehicle mobility impacts. As a starting point, vehicular communication network technologies and different performance assessment methodologies as the fundamentals were carefully studied. In particular, this thesis argued that from the perspectives of efficiency and scalability it is possible to exploit more potentials and opportunities fro...     »