A New Solution to the Traffic Managing System for Autonomous Vehicles

One of the most famous IOT applications, the vehicular ad hoc networks, VANETs, are emerging new possibilities for a more efficient traffic system. This work intends to simulate a VANET using San Andreas Multiplayer platform as a simulation environment, replacing the usual traffic lights for automatic centrals, aiming to reduce the time spent on a travel and cease with unnecessary stops. The centrals were distributed throughout the streets intersections on the virtual city of Blueberry. Using UDP sockets, we adapted the vehicles to exchange messages with the centrals. Therefore, the central manages the crossing of each vehicle on its respective intersection, assuring efficiency and safety. The results demonstrate a gain with this approach to avoid traffic jams and unnecessary stops in front of traffic lights.