AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES ONE OF A SERIES OF TESTS CARRIED OUT IN PHILADELPHIA TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION TECHNIQUES. THE METHOD WAS MULTILATERATION FROM FIXED SITES USING CW/FM PHASE COMPARISON TECHNIQUES CONFIGURED IN A ONE-WAY RANGE DIFFERENCE TYPE SOLUTION. TESTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT AN FM INDEX OF 5 AND SIMULATED 1000 VEHICLE OPERATION. TEST ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDE LOW RISE, HIGH RISE, AND SPECIAL CASES. BOTH REAL TIME AND POST MISSION DATA PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. POST MISSION DATA PROCESSING WAS CONFINED TO TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATE TO REAL TIME APPLICATIONS. POSITIONAL ACCURACY RESULTS WERE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE EXACT ENVIRONMENT. THE POSITIONAL RESULTS SHOWED A CEP OF TYPICALLY 800 TO 1250' WAS ACHIEVED IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT WERE USED TO FORMULATE A PAPER DESIGN COMPLYING WITH DOT BASELINE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO A VARIETY OF CITY ENVIRONMENTS AND USER AGENCIES. THE MAJOR PORTIONS OF THIS REPORT ARE ADDRESSED TO AVM BASELINE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SOLUTIONS ARE DETERMINED IN ALL CATEGORIES. COSTS AND SCHEDULES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION ARE ALSO INCLUDED. /UMTA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Cubic Corporation

  ,    

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Brown, F R
  • Jekel, R N
  • WILLIAMS, D A
• Publication Date: 1972-10-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 415 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle monitoring; Costs; Information processing; Testing; Vehicle detectors
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228297
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM