VIDEO MONITORING OF TRAFFIC UTILIZING LICENSE-FREE (SPREAD SPECTRUM) MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION

Remote video surveillance has been proven to benefit departments of transportation providing critical information to the traveling public. Normal telephone service, or Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) delivers slow and inconsistent performance for the transmission of video images. Higher speed service, including dedicated fiber optic lines, which can provide acceptable performance, is often unavailable or cost prohibitive. The Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT) working in conjunction with a technically oriented distributor and appropriate manufacturers, has successfully tested a license-free microwave video solution over a 3.7-mile hurricane evacuation route. The approach promises effective and reliable video monitoring over distances up to 8 miles without any significant effect on reliability or performance. The very favorable cost and fast implementation time of this wireless solution have important implications for a variety of transportation and other remote monitoring applications

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2000 ITS America, Washington DC
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Coulombe, Raymond F
  • Danz, David
  • Doyle, Art
  • Ruppel, Kenneth
• Conference:
  • ITS America 10th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Revolutionary Thinking, Real Results
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2000-5-1 to 2000-5-4
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency communication systems; Microwave communication systems; Spread spectrum communications; Technology assessment; Traffic surveillance; Weather
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796714
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Aug 17 2000 12:00AM