Influence of Wireless Sensor Network in Internet of Vehicles

The integration of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has emerged as an area of growing interest in recent years. WSNs provide an efficient means of gathering data from the environment, while the Internet of Vehicles empowers communication between vehicles, infrastructure, and among vehicles. However, the integration of WSNs and the Internet of Vehicles is challenging due to the high mobility of vehicles and the limited bandwidth of wireless communication. This bibliometric analysis examines the research trends and patterns in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks and metaheuristics for the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). Through a systematic analysis of publications in the Web of Science database, the study found that research on Wireless Sensor Networks for the Internet of Vehicles has been steadily increasing since 2010, with a peak in 2019. China was identified as the leading country in terms of research output, followed by the United States and India. The most common keywords associated with wireless sensor networks for IoV include “Internet of Things,” “routing,” “security,” “energy efficiency,” and “vehicleto- vehicle communication.” The analysis also revealed that the most popular research areas include routing protocols, energy efficiency, security, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. This study provides valuable insights into the current state of research on WSNs for IoV and highlights the gaps between these two. Also, it shows the future research works done in this field discussing routing issues. Lens.org is used for data collection, and VoSviewer is used for data analysis.

Keywords: Mobility management, Data dissemination, Energy efficiency, Internet of vehicles, Metaheuristic, Quality of service, Security and privacy, Wireless sensor networks.