Simulation Testing of Connected Vehicle Applications in a Cloud-Based Traffic Simulation Environment
Connected Vehicle Program applications are being developed by researchers in the United States and worldwide in an attempt to leverage data-packets transmitted and received through vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. The majority of these application evaluations do not conform to J2735 messaging standards set forth by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Consequently, this paper develops an enhanced version of the enhanced Traffic Experimental Analytical Simulation (eTEXAS) tool that runs on a server and provides XML-based message sets that conform to current Connected Vehicle standards. An eco-speed control algorithm that was developed earlier is integrated with the eTEXAS platform to receive signal timing and phasing data through infrastructure-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The application uses this information to optimize vehicle trajectories so as to reduce their fuel consumption levels while proceeding through the intersection. The platform was tested in a cloud environment and produced a 5.5 percent reduction in the total intersection fuel consumption level and a 9 percent increase in the average vehicle speed on a sample intersection. The results also showed that latency correction is critical in designing and implementing connected vehicle applications.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB15 Intelligent Transportation Systems.
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Authors:
- Kamalanathsharma, Raj Kishore
- Rakha, Hesham A
- Badillo, Brian
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC
- Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
- Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 14p
- Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Cloud computing; Dedicated short range communications; Interoperability; Standards; Sustainable transportation; Traffic simulation; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications
- Candidate Terms: Vehicle infrastructure integration
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01506410
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4260
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 3 2014 9:19AM