On the Design and Deployment of RFID Assisted Navigation Systems for VANETs

Author

Cheng, Wei ; Cheng, Xiuzhen ; Song, Min ; Chen, Biao ; Zhao, Wendy W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

23

Issue

7

fYear

2012

fDate

7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1267

Lastpage

1274

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a systematic approach to designing and deploying a RFID Assisted Navigation System (RFID-ANS) for VANETs. RFID-ANS consists of passive tags deployed on roads to provide navigation information while the RFID readers attached to the center of the vehicle bumper query the tag when passing by to obtain the data for navigation guidance. We analyze the design criteria of RFID-ANS and present the design of the RFID reader in detail to support vehicles at high speeds. We also jointly consider the scheduling of the read attempts and the deployment of RFID tags based on the navigation requirements to support seamless navigations. The estimation of the vehicle position and its accuracy are also investigated.

Keywords

radiofrequency identification; radionavigation; vehicular ad hoc networks; RFID readers; RFID tags; RFID-ANS; VANET; navigation guidance; radiofrequency identification assisted navigation systems; vehicle bumper query; vehicular ad hoc networks; Global Positioning System; RFID tags; Roads; Schedules; Vehicles; GPS; RFID assisted navigation systems; system design.; vehicle networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPDS.2011.259

Filename

6060806