RT Conference Proceedings T1 Performance analysis of optimized VANET protocols in real world tests T2 Performance Analysis of Optimized VANET Protocols in Real World Tests A1 Toutouh-El-Alamin, Jamal A1 Alba-Torres, Enrique K1 Sistemas de transporte inteligente K1 Protocolos de comunicaciones AB Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) provide the communications required to deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). In the current state of the art in this field there is a lack of studies on real outdoor experiments to validate the new VANETs protocols and applications proposed by designers. In this work we have addressed the definition of a testbed in order to study the performance of the Vehicular Data Transfer Protocol (VDTP) in a real urban VANET. The VDTP protocol has been tested by employing six different parameter settings: one defined by human experts and five automatically optimized by means of metaheuristic algorithms (PSO, DE, GA, ES, and SA). As a result, we have been able to confirm the performance improvements when optimized VDTP configurations are used, validating the results previously obtained through simulation. PB IEEE YR 2011 FD 2011 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36793 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36793 LA eng NO J. Toutouh and E. Alba, "Performance analysis of optimized VANET protocols in real world tests," 2011 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 1244-1249, doi: 10.1109/IWCMC.2011.5982718. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026