Advanced Wireless Vehicle Networking Platform for Real-Time Incident and Weather Information

Increasing amounts of traffic, congestion, pollution and changes in the climate causing hazardous weather and road conditions support a growing need for advanced real-time traffic-related information systems and services. This paper presents the CARLINK 0 (Wireless Platform for Linking Cars) project. The aim of the project is to develop an intelligent wireless traffic service platform between cars supported with wireless transceivers beside the road(s). The main outcomes of the project are: an intelligent wireless traffic service platform, real-time local road weather and traffic data applications, urban transport traffic management and information broadcasting/sharing applications, fast connectivity and routing schemes for ad-hoc networking, and hands/eyes free applications that enable the driver to interact with the information system. The main applications in the three participating countries (Finland, Luxembourg and Spain) are real-time local road weather, urban transport traffic management, and urban information broadcasting/sharing. The authors conclude that preliminary network simulations, communication tests and weather service prototypes have already shown that a new kind of wireless communication environment can be created and it is, indeed, capable of enhancing traffic safety. The CARLINK results support other related projects such as COMeSafety, CVIS, SAFESPOT and COOPERS.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Sukuvaara, Timo
  • Eloranta, Pekka
  • Nurmi, Pertti
  • Suutari, Esa
• Conference:
  • 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting
  • Location: New York NY, United States
  • Date: 2008-11-16 to 2008-11-20
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 7p
• Monograph Title: ITS Connections: Saving Time. Saving Lives

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway operations; Incident management; Intelligent transportation systems; Real time information; Traffic incidents; Travelers; Urban areas; Vehicle to vehicle communications; Weather conditions; Weather forecasting; Wireless communication systems
• Identifier Terms: CarLink
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure
• Geographic Terms: Luxembourg; Spain
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01137196
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 2009 1:53PM