1. ITS-WG | Networks Department
Faculty of Information Engineering
and Technology (IET)
German University in Cairo
http://www.guc.edu.eg
ROBIL DAHER
Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Room C3.221
Tel : +20 275 899 90-8, ext. 1376
Fax : +20 227 581 041
Mail: robil.daher@guc.edu.eg;
robil.daher@ieee.org
Project 1/2
BACHELOR THESIS FIELD | Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS)
CONCEPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOIS PRIORITIZATION POLICY AND
ALGORITHMS FOR RSUS DISTRIBUTION IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
Student Ahmed Ashraf Mohamed Helmy Badr ahmed.helmy-badr@student.guc.edu.eg
ID No.: 25-0930
Supervisors Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robil Daher robil.daher@uni-rostock.de
Duration Start 15.02.2015
End 14.05.2015
I INTRODUCTION
The project Planning Platform for Roadside Networks (PRONET) initiated by the Intelligent
Transportation Systems – Research Group (ITS-RG) of the Network Department concentrates on the
development of a software platform for planning and design of Roadside Access Network (RAN) and
Roadside Backbone Network (RBN). The former comprises the network access units, especially
Roadside Units (RSUs), while the latter denotes the network connecting the RSUs with each other and
with Internet.
The design of RBN depends mainly on the distribution and placement characteristics of used RSUs,
where RSUs must be mounted along the roads, urban and rural roads. The selection of sites of RSUs is
a complicated process due to the wide range of parameters that affect this selection such as the
topological and topographical characteristics of the roads network, availability of network and power
supplying infrastructure, traffic characteristics, roads operator requirements and technical
characteristics of RSUs [1] [2]. In general, the junctions and curves represent the best candidates,
termed as Sites of Interest (SoIs), for RSUs placements. However, the number of available SoIs in an
area is usually much higher than the number of required sites; therefore, the determination of the best
SoIs for RSUs placement represents one of the main challenges in the field of ITS deployment.
The ITS-RG has developed a novel concept and methods for Comprehensive RSUs Distribution (CRD),
including concept and algorithms, to deal with RSUs placement in urban and rural areas as well as on
highways [1]. These methods have been implemented as a basis for the PRONET project. The
influencing factors on SoIs selection were discussed in this project, and accordingly some of
prioritization mechanisms for SoIs were introduced and partly developed, where policy based and
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weighting function based methods were suggested. Some attempts to implement these mechanisms
and other aspects were partly developed, but not really tested.
II TASK DESCRIPTION
The main goal of this work is (1) to enhance the suggested SoIs prioritization concept of CRD method
and accordingly develop a SoIs prioritization policy, and (2) to implement the developed policy and
related new enhancements. The enhancement of the SoIs prioritization policy and concept can be
achieved through integrating components and/or methods from similar solutions. Therefore, the
candidate has to investigate and analyze the related concepts and accordingly to develop and integrate
the required mechanisms and components, where open source code can also be used if available.
Based on that, following objectives can be determined to achieve this task:
 Investigation of related solutions and analysis of selected solutions in comparison with SoIs
prioritization in the CRD method
 Enhancement of the SoIs prioritization concept of CRD method, where new capabilities should
to be considered
 Design and implementation of the SoIs prioritization policy, where one or more of the new
enhancements should be incorporated
 Integration of the implemented components into the software infrastructure of PRONET
 Functional tests of the implemented components
 Analysis and evaluation of test results of different scenarios
The achieved results in this work have to be analyzed, discussed as well as documented and
consequently presented and defended regarding the bachelor working process.
III REFERENCES
[1] Robil Daher, Wireless Roadside Networks for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Publishing in Process, expected in
2014.
[2] Trullols, O., Fiore, M., Casetti, C., Chiasserini, C. F., & Barcelo Ordinas, J. M. (2010). Planning Roadside
Infrastructure for Information Dissemination in Intelligent Transportation Systems. Computer Communications,
33(4), 432–442. doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2009.11.021