Efficient vehicle visualization system for safe driving in VANETs

Over the past decade, Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are increasingly gaining attention for their applicability in safe driving support systems. There are a variety of safety and route planning applications using VANETs such as emergency accidents warning, intersections warning, and road congestion warning applications. Vehicle visualization is an effective way to support safe driving. Visualized hidden vehicles on navigation maps of in-vehicle display devices can strongly enhance the driver's view field. In this paper, we propose an efficient vehicle visualization system using VANETs. It is a safety and route planning application that includes optimization mechanisms to reduce broadcast packets. We evaluate its visualization performance and the effectiveness of the optimization mechanisms by conducting real-world VANET experiments.