Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network for Transportation System Applications

The important innovations in wireless and digital electronics will support many applications in the areas of safety, environmental and emissions control, driving assistance, diagnostics, and maintenance in the transport domain. The last few years have seen the emergence of many new technologies that can potentially have major impacts on transportation systems. One of these technologies is Wireless Sensor Networks. A wireless sensor device is typically composed of a processing unit, memory, and a radio chip which allows it to communicate wirelessly with other devices within range. The Embedded Middleware in Mobility Applications (EMMA) project delivers a middleware that aims to facilitate the interaction between sensing technologies in transportation systems. This paper outlines our experience in the EMMA project and provides an illustration of the important role that wireless sensor technology can play in future transportation system. The paper discusses our experience of using heterogeneous sensors to develop transportation system applications in the EMMA project and focuses on how cooperation between vehicle and infrastructure can be addressed. It also presents encouraging results obtained from the experiments in investigating the feasibility of utilizing wireless sensor in vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication in real transportation applications.

• Record URL:
  http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijvt/2011/853948/
• Authors:
  • Selvarajah, Kirusnapillai
  • Shooter, C
  • Liotti, L
  • Tully, Alan
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicular Technology
  • Volume: 2011
  • Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
  • Serial URL: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijvt/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Communication systems; Driver support systems; Highway safety; Infrastructure; Real time information; Remote sensing; Technological innovations; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Wireless communication systems
• Candidate Terms: Vehicle infrastructure integration
• Identifier Terms: Embedded Middleware in Mobility Applications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wireless sensors
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01344966
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2011 10:49AM