... 902414, 13 pagesdoi:10.1155/2009/902414 Research Article On the Ability of the 802.11p MAC Method and STDMA to Support Real-Time Vehicle -to- Vehicle CommunicationKatrin Bilstrup,1, 2Elisabeth Uhlemann,1, ... com-munication systems in Section 3 and the importance of the MAC method in Section 4. The paper continues with a per-formance comparison of CSMA and STDMA for real-time V2V communications by means of ... predictable MAC method capable of meeting real-time deadlines. Wehave, therefore, compared the real-time properties of twodecentralized MAC methods, CSMA of 802.11p and STDMA of AIS, in terms of channel...