Performance evaluation of electric vehicle ad-hoc network technologies for charging management

Advancements in the development and implementation of wireless sensor networks are the main motivation for the development of future infrastructure for the Internet of Things (IoT). When fitted with wireless sensors and communication devices, e.g. On-Board Units (OBUs), Electric Vehicles (EVs) can establish links with their surroundings, further expanding connectivity among different objects within the same location. In this regard, EVs could communicate with Roadside Units (RSUs) in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITSs) and Smartgrid. Some of the challenges that limit the extension of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) are the End-to-End (ETE) communication delay, the doppler effect and the interference. This paper simulates and compares selected performance of the communications between the EVs and the RSUs for several wireless communication systems such as ZigBee, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Wi-Fi. Using the Riverbed Modeler, simulations are performed and the results of the performance of the different wireless communication technologies in terms of ETE delay and the doppler effect on the technologies are discussed.