PROJECT TITLE :

A Survey on Vehicular Social Networks

ABSTRACT:

This paper surveys recent literature on vehicular social networks that are a particular category of vehicular accidental networks, characterized by social aspects and options. Starting from this pillar, we have a tendency to investigate views on next-generation vehicles below the idea of social NetWorking for vehicular applications (i.e., safety and entertainment applications). This paper plays a task as a starting purpose concerning socially impressed vehicles and mainly connected applications, along with Communication techniques. Vehicular Communications can be thought-about the “initial social network for vehicles” since every driver can share data with alternative neighbors. Maybe, significant traffic is a common incidence in some areas on the roads (e.g., at intersections, taxi loading/unloading areas, and therefore on); as a consequence, roads become a well-liked social place for vehicles to connect to each different. Human factors are then concerned in vehicular unintended networks, not solely due to the security-related applications however conjointly for entertainment purposes. Social characteristics and human behavior largely impact on vehicular unplanned networks, and this arises to the vehicular social networks, which are shaped when vehicles (individuals) “socialize” and share common interests. During this paper, we give a survey on main features of vehicular social networks, from novel rising technologies to social aspects used for mobile applications, also main problems and challenges. Vehicular social networks are described as decentralized opportunistic communication networks formed among vehicles. They exploit mobility aspects, and basics of traditional social networks, in order to create novel approaches of message exchange through the detection of dynamic social structures. An summary of the main state-of-the-art on safety and entertainment applications hoping on social networking solutions is also provided.