VEHICULAR SOCIAL NETWORKS

Features Provides a comprehensive guide to selected topics, both ongoing and emerging, in the area of vehicular social networks Focuses on a new class of mobile ad hoc networks, which exploits social aspects applied to vehicular environments Topics include social networking techniques, social-based routing techniques applied to vehicular networks, data dissemination in VSNs, architectures for VSNs, as well as novel trends and challenges in VSNs. Summary The book provides a comprehensive guide to vehicular social networks. The book focuses on a new class of mobile ad hoc networks that exploits social aspects applied to vehicular environments. Selected topics are related to social networking techniques, social-based routing techniques applied to vehicular networks, data dissemination in VSNs, architectures for VSNs, and novel trends and challenges in VSNs. It provides significant technical and practical insights in different aspects from a basic background on social networking, the inte