Research Blogs

Code snippets and learning chronicles

Part 1. The Minimal Contract

What Veins actually needs from an external position source, and a toy ROS node that plays the part.

5 min read · 2026

UCB Under Gradual Distribution Decay

Investigating how UCB exploration parameters interact with different rates of gradual arm quality degradation

7 min read · 2025

SUMO Simulation with Ray Tracing

A comprehensive tutorial on creating vehicular networks with SUMO and MATLAB ray tracing

13 min read · 2025

Part 8. Exposing Bit and Packet Error Rate

Veins already computes packet and bit error rate internally and throws them away. A small patch gets them back.

7 min read · July 08, 2026

2026 · V2X Veins Tutorial · Systems
Part 7. Reporting Channel Quality Back

Turning received signal strength into a live table your own system can query at any time.

5 min read · June 29, 2026

2026 · V2X Veins Tutorial · Systems
Part 6. Bootstrapping the World from OpenStreetMap

Deriving map bounds and building obstacles from a plain OSM file, no SUMO network required.

6 min read · June 18, 2026

2026 · OSM Veins Tutorial · Systems
Part 5. Your Own Node Manager

Spawning and despawning vehicle modules dynamically, the job TraCIScenarioManager normally does for you.

5 min read · June 05, 2026

2026 · OMNeT++ Veins Tutorial · Systems
Part 4. The Step Loop

Letting OMNeT++ pull a fresh position snapshot on its own clock instead of getting pushed to on someone else's.

4 min read · May 24, 2026

2026 · OMNeT++ Veins Tutorial · Systems