Low Cost Wireless Network Camera Sensors for Traffic Monitoring

Many freeways and arterials in major cities in Texas are presently equipped with video detection cameras to collect data and help in traffic/incident management. In this study, carefully controlled experiments determined the throughput and output quality of various communication configurations. Configurations entailed antennas at several cost levels and it was determined that the least expensive antennas were adequate only for one-hop systems. Via a survey to which 20 districts responded, incidents, volume, and speed were found to be the functionalities most in demand for autonomous surveillance systems. Most systems are monitored by human operators. An alternative to operator-based video monitoring is video analytics. An autonomous traffic monitoring system from a vendor was tested. A demonstration surveillance system was developed and delivered to the Texas Department of Transportation.

• Record URL:
  http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6432-1.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24773
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project Title: Low Cost Network Camera Sensors for Traffic Monitoring.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Texas, Denton

  Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  Denton, TX  United States  76203-1366

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Huang, Yan
  • Buckles, Bill P
• Publication Date: 2012-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 222p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Traffic surveillance; Video cameras; Wireless communication systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Video analytics
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01444328
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-12/0-6432-1, Report 0-6432-1
• Contract Numbers: 0-6432
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2012 8:12AM