Title :
Wireless Sensor Networks for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Author :
Franceschinis, Mirko ; Gioanola, Luca ; Messere, Massimiliano ; Tomasi, Riccardo ; Spirito, Maurizio A. ; Civera, Pierluigi
Author_Institution :
TRM Lab. - Pervasive Technol., Ist. Superiore Mario Boella, Torino
Abstract :
This paper presents a traffic monitoring system implemented through Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology within SAFESPOT Project funded by the European Community. The aim of this project is to provide a flexible, robust, low-cost and low-maintenance wireless solution for obtaining traffic-related data that can be used for automatically generating safety warnings at black spots along the road network. The WSN consists of one Gateway Node (GN) and n Sensor Nodes (SNs) deployed along the roadside according to an approximately linear topology. Each SN is able to monitor a section of road, collecting parameters such as vehicle count, speed and direction. Data from the SNs is collected by the GN and delivered to a Road Side Unit (RSU) responsible for fusing it with traffic-related data generated by alternative sources. The system has been tested and performance evaluated under a number of real use-case scenarios.
Keywords :
traffic engineering computing; transportation; wireless sensor networks; European community; SAFESPOT Project; gateway node; intelligent transportation systems; road side unit; sensor nodes; traffic monitoring system; wireless sensor networks; Intelligent networks; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent transportation systems; Linear approximation; Monitoring; Network topology; Road safety; Robustness; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2009. VTC Spring 2009. IEEE 69th
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2517-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-2252
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2009.5073915
