Transportation Telematics Using Mobile Phone Position Information

Author

Khoo, Karyn Wei-Ju ; Wong, K. Daniel

Author_Institution

British Telecommun. Group, Malaysian Res. Centre, Malaysia

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

13-15 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

365

Lastpage

368

Abstract

Information on the location of the phones can be used to estimate the speed at which the phones are moving. By tracking the speed variability of a substantial number of cell phones over time, the traffic flow characteristics of various highways can be estimated. A traffic flow estimation algorithm is developed by exploiting the occurrences of mobile handover which simulations are conducted with realistic wireless signal strength models. The accuracy of the estimation algorithm and dependencies between attributes involved are tested and analyzed.

Keywords

automated highways; cellular radio; estimation theory; road traffic; tracking; transportation; cell phone; highway traffic flow characteristic estimation algorithm; mobile phone position information; speed variability tracking; transportation telematics system; wireless signal strength model; Cellular phones; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent transportation systems; Mobile handsets; Probes; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Telecommunication traffic; Telematics; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Generation Communication and Networking, 2008. FGCN '08. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hainan Island

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3431-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FGCN.2008.106

Filename

4734239