A self-describing data transfer model for ITS applications

Author

Dailey, Daniel J. ; Maclean, Stuart ; Cathey, Fritz W. ; Meyers, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

2002

fDate

12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

293

Lastpage

300

Abstract

The wide variety of remote sensors used in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications (loops, probe vehicles, radar, cameras, etc.) has created a need for general methods by which data can be shared among agencies and users who own disparate computer systems. In this paper, we present a methodology that demonstrates that it is possible to create, encode, and decode a self-describing data stream using: 1) existing data description language standards; 2) parsers to enforce language compliance; 3) a simple content language that flows out of the data description language; and 4) architecture neutral encoders and decoders based on ASN.1.

Keywords

transport control; ASN.1; architecture neutral encoders; content language; data description language standards; language compliance; loops; parsers; probe vehicles; remote sensors; self-describing data transfer model; Application software; Decoding; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent vehicles; Probes; Radar applications; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Smart cameras;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1524-9050

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TITS.2002.806805

Filename

1166516