Participating vehicles and egress points communicate with each other according to an infrastructure mode. Participating vehicles communicate with other participating vehicles according to an ad-hoc mode. In an infrastructure mode packet transmitting method for a participating vehicle,
beacon service table packets, vehicle service table packets, or packet bursts are created and transmitted. In an infrastructure mode packet receiving method for a participating vehicle,
beacon service table packets, vehicle service table packets, packet bursts, or negative
acknowledgement packets are received. In an infrastructure mode packet transmitting method for an egress point, an enhanced
beacon packet or a negative
acknowledgement packet is created and transmitted. In an infrastructure mode packet receiving method for an egress point, beacon service table packets, vehicle service table packets, or packets bursts are received. In an ad-hoc mode packet transmitting method for a participating vehicle, beacon service table packets, vehicle service table packets, packet bursts, or positive
acknowledgement packets are created and transmitted. In an ad-hoc mode packet receiving method for a participating vehicle, beacon service table packets, vehicle service table packets, packet bursts, or positive acknowledgement packets are received.