An IEEE 802.11x implementation for V2X communications towards IoT and big data

Green transportation is an integral part of green environment concept. Next generation transportation systems are desired to achieve high performances with reduced fuel consumption and carbon emission. In this regard, vehicle maintenance status along with some other critical diagnostic data should steadily be checked and tracked. It is known that vehicles that are poorly maintained or not maintained in a timely manner lead to both emissions exceeding the standards and low performance. Vehicle telematics along with some other conveniences such as infotainment systems, location–based services and applications are expected to improve safety, availability, and reliability of next generation transportation systems. From this perspective, intelligent transport systems (ITS) seems to be a promising solution candidate which encompasses all of the aforementioned topics as well as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-cloud (V2C) opportunities. Therefore, in this study, a conceptual model that links vehicle telematics to the cloud along with V2V communications facility is proposed and a prototype based on IEEE 802.11x protocol suite is implemented. Mobile data collection and measurements are obtained. Results are presented along with relevant discussions as well as the end point storage and usage of the data are introduced. In the proposed model, the mobile data are transferred to cloud computing platform to create the big data for further research opportunities for car manufacturers, policy makers, and researchers with the concern of ethics and security issues.