FLEETNET - INTERNET ON THE ROAD

Driving means constantly changing your location. Since people generally want - and often even need - information on their present location, both the driver and passengers experience a constant demand for information on their current location while on the road. This demand for information includes sensor data from other cars such as data on braking sent from a preceding car, data on the traffic flow on your route, and information on sites located along the route. Although there is a need for information pertaining to the close environment of the car, so far no inter-vehicle communication system for data exchange between cars and from fixed sites at the roadside to the vehicles has been put into operation. To promote development of such an inter-vehicle communication system, the project "FleetNet - Internet on the Road" was set up by a consortium of six companies: DaimlerChrysler AG, GMD FOKUS, NEC Europe Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens AG, and TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH. The project is partly funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research. FleetNet started on September 1, 2000 and will end on December 31, 2003. FleetNet aims at the development and demonstration of a wireless ad hoc network for inter-vehicle communications. Key design factors for FleetNet are the capability to distribute locally relevant data where generated and/or needed and to satisfy the vehicle drivers' and passengers' needs for location-dependent information and services. Location awareness and position data play a crucial role not only for FleetNet applications but also for the communication protocols deployed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Franz, W J
  • Eberhardt, R
  • Luckenbach, T
• Conference:
  • 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Date: 2001-9-30 to 2001-10-4
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Braking; Drivers; Driving; Information systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Location; Passengers; Traffic flow; Vehicle to vehicle communications; Wireless communication systems
• Identifier Terms: FleetNet
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963102
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 2003 12:00AM