scholarly journals LPWAN-Based Hybrid Backhaul Communication for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Architecture and Performance Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taghi Shahgholi ◽  
Amir Sheikhahmadi ◽  
Keyhan Khamforoosh ◽  
Sadoon Azizi
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract Increased number of the vehicles on the streets around the world has led to several problems including traffic congestion in many regions. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) are a viable solution for this problem by implementing efficient use of the current infrastructures. In this paper, the possibility of using cellular-based Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) communications, LTE-M and NB-IoT, for ITS applications has been investigated. LTE-M and NB-IoT are designed to provide wide-range, low power and low cost communication infrastructures and can be a promising option which has the potential to be employed immediately in real systems. In order to to understand the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS, two applications with low and high delay requirements have been examined: road traffic monitoring and emergency vehicle management. Then, the performance of using LTE-M and NB-IoT for providing backhaul communication infrastructure has been evaluated in a realistic simulation environment and compared for these two scenarios in terms of end to end delay per user. Simulation of Urban MObility (SUMO) has been used for realistic traffic generation and a Python-based program has been developed. This program has the ability to exchange live data with SUMO for communication performance evaluation. The simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS backhaul infrastructure mostly in favor of the LTE-M over NB-IoT.

scholarly journals LPWAN-based hybrid backhaul communication for intelligent transportation systems: architecture and performance evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taghi Shahgholi ◽  
Amir Sheikhahmadi ◽  
Keyhan Khamforoosh ◽  
Sadoon Azizi
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transportation System ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Wide Area Network

AbstractIncreased number of the vehicles on the streets around the world has led to several problems including traffic congestion, emissions, and huge fuel consumption in many regions. With advances in wireless and traffic technologies, the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) has been introduced as a viable solution for solving these problems by implementing more efficient use of the current infrastructures. In this paper, the possibility of using cellular-based Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) communications, LTE-M and NB-IoT, for ITS applications has been investigated. LTE-M and NB-IoT are designed to provide long range, low power and low cost communication infrastructures and can be a promising option which has the potential to be employed immediately in real systems. In this paper, we have proposed an architecture to employ the LPWAN as a backhaul infrastructure for ITS and to understand the feasibility of the proposed model, two applications with low and high delay requirements have been examined: road traffic monitoring and emergency vehicle management. Then, the performance of using LTE-M and NB-IoT for providing backhaul communication infrastructure has been evaluated in a realistic simulation environment and compared for these two scenarios in terms of end-to-end latency per user. Simulation of Urban MObility has been used for realistic traffic generation and a Python-based program has been developed for evaluation of the communication system. The simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS backhaul infrastructure mostly in favor of the LTE-M over NB-IoT.

scholarly journals LPWAN-Based Hybrid Backhaul Communication for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Architecture and Performance Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taghi Shahgholi ◽  
Amir Sheikhahmadi ◽  
Keyhan Khamforoosh ◽  
Sadoon Azizi
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Communication Infrastructure

Abstract There are more than 1.3 billion vehicles around the world and rapidly growing which causing worldwide challenges such as congestion, huge fuel consumption, and emissions. The solution to these issues could be expansion of infrastructure or making efficient use of the current infrastructure using current technological advances by implementing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). In this paper, we proposed and explored the possibility of using cellular-based Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) communications, LTE-M and Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), for ITS applications. LTE-M and NB-IoT are designed to provide long-range, low power, and lowcost communication infrastructure and can be a viable promising option for immediate implementation in the real world. In order to understand the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS, we investigated two applications with low and high delay requirements: road traffic monitoring and emergency vehicle management and preemption. Then, the performance of using LTE-M and NB-IoT for providing backhaul communication infrastructure has been evaluated in a realistic simulation environment and compared for these two scenarios in terms of end to end latency per user. SUMO traffic simulator has been used for realistic traffic generation and a Python-based program with the ability to live data exchange with SUMO has been developed for communication performance evaluations. The simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of using LPWAN for ITS backhaul infrastructure where it was in favor of the LTE-M over NB-IoT.

scholarly journals A New Distributed and Scalable Network Protocol Targeting Intelligent Transportation Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
M. Meribout
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Cluster Head ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Traffic Information ◽  
Scalable Network

Vehicular networks are the major ingredients of the envisioned Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) concept. An important component of ITS which is currently attracting wider research focus is road traffic monitoring. The actual approaches for traffic road monitoring are characterized by longer response times and are also subject to higher processing requirements and possess high deployment costs. In this paper, we propose a completely distributed and scalable mechanism for wireless sensor network-based road traffic monitoring. The approach relies on the distributed and bidirectional exchange of traffic information between the vehicles traversing the routes and a miniature cluster head and takes into consideration both the security and reliability of data communication. In addition, the communication between nodes is collision-free since the underlined data link layer protocol relies on a heuristic time multiplexed-based protocol. The performance analysis shows that the proposed mechanism usually outperforms other algorithms for different traffic densities.

scholarly journals A Multi-Loop Vehicle-Counting Method under Gray Mode and RGB Mode

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 6831
Author(s):  
Yue Chen ◽  
Jian Lu
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Counting Method ◽  
Moving Vehicle ◽  
Available Information

With the rapid development of road traffic, real-time vehicle counting is very important in the construction of intelligent transportation systems (ITSs). Compared with traditional technologies, the video-based method for vehicle counting shows great importance and huge advantages in its low cost, high efficiency, and flexibility. However, many methods find difficulty in balancing the accuracy and complexity of the algorithm. For example, compared with traditional and simple methods, deep learning methods may achieve higher precision, but they also greatly increase the complexity of the algorithm. In addition to that, most of the methods only work under one mode of color, which is a waste of available information. Considering the above, a multi-loop vehicle-counting method under gray mode and RGB mode was proposed in this paper. Under gray and RGB modes, the moving vehicle can be detected more completely; with the help of multiple loops, vehicle counting could better deal with different influencing factors, such as driving behavior, traffic environment, shooting angle, etc. The experimental results show that the proposed method is able to count vehicles with more than 98.5% accuracy while dealing with different road scenes.

scholarly journals How Can Smart Mobility Innovations Alleviate Transportation Disadvantage? Assembling a Conceptual Framework through a Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 6306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Butler ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Alexander Paz
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Smart Mobility

Transportation disadvantage is about the difficulty accessing mobility services required to complete activities associated with employment, shopping, business, essential needs, and recreation. Technological innovations in the field of smart mobility have been identified as a potential solution to help individuals overcome issues associated with transportation disadvantage. This paper aims to provide a consolidated understanding on how smart mobility innovations can contribute to alleviate transportation disadvantage. A systematic literature review is completed, and a conceptual framework is developed to provide the required information to address transportation disadvantage. The results are categorized under the physical, economic, spatial, temporal, psychological, information, and institutional dimensions of transportation disadvantage. The study findings reveal that: (a) Primary smart mobility innovations identified in the literature are demand responsive transportation, shared transportation, intelligent transportation systems, electric mobility, autonomous vehicles, and Mobility-as-a-Services. (b) Smart mobility innovations could benefit urban areas by improving accessibility, efficiency, coverage, flexibility, safety, and the overall integration of the transportation system. (c) Smart mobility innovations have the potential to contribute to the alleviation of transportation disadvantage. (d) Mobility-as-a-Service has high potential to alleviate transportation disadvantage primarily due to its ability to integrate a wide-range of services.

scholarly journals Networked Electronic Equipments Using the IEEE 1451 Standard—VisioWay: A Case Study in the ITS Area

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 467124 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Barrero ◽  
S. L. Toral ◽  
M. Vargas ◽  
J. Becerra
Keyword(s):  
Video Processing ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Monitoring ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Ieee 1451 ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Smart Transducer

The concept of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) has been recently introduced to define modern embedded systems with enhanced digital connectivity, combining people, vehicles, and public infrastructure. The smart transducer concept, on the other hand, has been established by the IEEE 1451 standard to simplify the scalability of networked electronic equipments. The synergy of both concepts will establish a new paradigm in the near future of the ITS area. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the integration of electronic equipments into intelligent road-traffic management systems by using the smart transducer concept. An automated video processing sensor for road-traffic monitoring applications is integrated into an ITS network as a case study. The impact of the IEEE 1451 standard in the development and performance of ITS equipments is analyzed through its application to this video-based system, commercialized under the name VisioWay.

Study on Path Optimization Method of Traffic Guidance System under the Condition of the Car Networking

2014 ◽  
Vol 624 ◽  
pp. 567-570
Author(s):  
Dan Ping Wang ◽  
Kun Yuan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Intelligent Transportation System ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Guidance System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Computer Communication Network

Intelligent Transportation System is the primary means of solving the city traffic problem. The information technology, the communication, the electronic control technology and the system integration technology and so on applies effectively in the transportation system by researching rationale model, thus establishes real-time, accurate, the highly effective traffic management system plays the role in the wide range. Traffic flow guidance system is one of cores of Intelligent Transportation Systems. It is based on modern technologies, such as computer, communication network, and so on. Supplying the most superior travel way and the real-time transportation information according to the beginning and ending point of the journey. The journey can promptly understand in the transportation status of road network according to the guidance system, then choosing the best route to reach destination.

New Vehicle Data Bus Architecture and In-Vehicle Information System Evaluation Platform for Intelligent Transportation Systems Modules

1998 ◽  
Vol 1651 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Philip F. Spelt ◽  
Allan M. Kirson ◽  
Susan Scott
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Local Area Network ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Data Bus ◽  
Vehicle Information ◽  
Bus Architecture

An increasing number of intelligent transportation systems- (ITS-) after-market systems present a set of in-vehicle installation and use problems relatively unique in the history of automobile use. Many automobile manufacturers would like to offer these new state-of-the-art devices to customers, but are hampered by the current design cycle of new cars. While automobile manufacturers are indeed using multiplex buses [the automotive equivalent of a computer local area network (LAN)], problems remain because manufacturers are not converging on a single bus standard. A new dual-bus architecture to address these problems is presented with an in-vehicle information system (IVIS) research platform on which the principles embodied in the ITS data bus architecture can be evaluated. The dual-bus architecture has been embodied in a proposed Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard, with support from both automobile and consumer electronics manufacturers. The architecture and a reference model for the interfaces and protocols of the new bus are presented and described. The goals of the ITS data bus are to be inexpensive and easy to install, and to provide for safe and secure functioning. These high-level goals are embodied in the proposed standard. The IVIS development platform comprises a number of personal computers (PCs) linked via ethernet LAN, with a high-end PC serving as the IVIS computer. In this LAN, actual devices can be inserted in place of the original PC that emulated them. This platform will serve as the development and test bed for an ITS data bus conformity test, the SAE standard for which is also being developed.

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN TOURISM DESTINATIONS∗

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-636
Author(s):  
Edna Mrnjavac ◽  
Robert Marsanić
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Intelligent Transportation ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Public Traffic ◽  
Tourism Destinations

The rapid growth and development of motorisation combined with relatively small investments made to improving transportation infrastructure in cities, as well as in tourism destinations, has led to serious problems in the unobstructed movement of vehicles in public traffic areas. Traffic congestion on roadways, in ferryboat ports and at state borders during the summer months and year-round lines of cars going to or returning from work are a regular presence in traffic in most urban and tourism destinations in Croatia, as well as in the rest of Europe. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) can be implemented in urban and tourism centres, which, for example, have no opportunity for increasing the capacity of their traffic networks by constructing new, or expanding existing, transportation infrastructure, and no opportunity for increasing parking capacities. The only solution would be to optimise traffic networking by introducing intelligent technologies. Intelligent transportation systems and services represent a coupling of information and telecommunication technologies with transportation means and infrastructure to ensure greater efficiency in the mobility of people and goods. ITS implementation helps to provide better information to motorists and travellers (tourists); improve traffic and tourist flows, cargo transportation, public passenger-transportation; facilitate the work of emergency services; enable electronic traffic-related payments; enhance the security of people in road traffic; and monitor weather conditions and the environment. To motorists the system provides guidance to roads on which traffic is less intense, guidance to available parking spaces, and guidance, for example, to a good restaurant or interesting tourist attraction. his paper focuses, in particular, on ITS application in city and tourism destinations in connection with parking problems. Guiding vehicles to the closest vacant parking space helps to reduce traffic congestion, reduce the amount of time lost in searching and increase the occupancy rate of car-parks

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