Research summary
The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a wireless network used to exchange information between vehicles, infrastructure and pedestrians using smart devices and sensors inside and outside of vehicles. By providing information to support decision-making, the IoV can improve road safety and efficiency. But to work properly, it depends on timely data acquisition and processing.
As Canada Research Chair in Edge Computing and Internet of Vehicles, Dr. Ning Zhang is investigating mobile edge computing, in which roadside edge servers cache data contents and execute different computational tasks for vehicles. This can reduce latency in content delivery and data processing. He and his research team are also developing intelligent systems for caching and delivering content, scheduling computational tasks, and managing AI-aided resources to ensure vehicles can access the data needed to complete computational tasks in real time.