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In this paper, focusing on short-range communications, we analyze the technical and economic motivations that are driving the development of new road users\u2019 connectivity, discussing the international intentions to mandate on board devices for V2X communication. We also go in depth with the enabling wireless access technologies, from IEEE 802.11p to short-range Cellular-V2X and other complementary technologies, such as visible light communication (VLC) and millimeterWaves, up to hybrid communication and 5G. We conclude our survey with some performance comparison in urban realistic scenarios, underlying that the choice of the future enabling technology is not so easy to predict and mostly depends on mandatory laws at the international level.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18072207","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,9]],"date-time":"2018-07-09T11:18:53Z","timestamp":1531135133000},"page":"2207","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":103,"title":["A Survey on the Roadmap to Mandate on Board Connectivity and Enable V2V-Based Vehicular Sensor Networks"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1094-1985","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Barbara M.","family":"Masini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), v.le Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3500-1997","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandro","family":"Bazzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), v.le Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5385-0813","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alberto","family":"Zanella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering (IEIIT), v.le Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1109\/JPROC.2016.2634938","article-title":"The Car as an Ambient Sensing Platform [Point of View]","volume":"105","author":"Massaro","year":"2017","journal-title":"Proc. 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