Future Intelligent Vehicular Networks toward 6G

Dear colleagues,

Vehicular networks have been built to connect human communication and transportation around the world for many years to come, but this reality is rapidly changing for a future autonomous vehicle era. With the rapid growth in the number of connected vehicles, vehicular networks become heterogeneous, dynamic, with a large diameter, where orchestrating vehicular ecosystems to meet the requirements of novel services is still a challenging task, such as services requiring ultralow latency, ultrahigh bitirate, high reliability, high security, and massive connections. Emerging services in autonomous vehicles will range from 3D displays to holographic systems and improved in-car infotainment. In this context, the grand vision is that vehicular networks, supported by the sixth generation (6G) of wireless systems and advanced Internet protocols, will be an instrumental element of future connected autonomous vehicles. This Special Issue is focused on the most recent scientific research on the evolution of communication architectures and protocols needed to support the efficient development of intelligent vehicular networks.

This Special Issue is aligned with the scope of the MDPI Future Internet journal by tackling the evolution of wireless and Internet technologies to leverage the development of smart transportation systems.

Dr. Paulo Mendes
Prof. Eduardo Cerqueira
Prof. Denis Rosário
Guest Editors

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