Development of software planning tools for an intelligent traffic light wireless communication link using 5.8 GHz WLAN

Author

Ibrahim, A. Hassan ; Ismail, M. ; Kiong, T. Sieh ; Mastan, Z. Bee Kader

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia

fYear

2005

fDate

20-21 Dec. 2005

Abstract

This paper presents the development of software planning tools for wireless LAN link optimization as an intelligent traffic light system control to minimize waiting time of road users and reducing congestion at each junction, in Bandar Baru Bangi area. The software directory is based on combination of MatLab and MapInfo software, which gives the best grouping parameters to build up the software development. Among the requirements, the traffic light site selections must be line-of-sight (LOS) field strength prediction for either point to point or point to multi points. The results presented include two-dimensional plots for creating the RF LOS; design parameters representing the height and location for each traffic light depending on K-factor of the area

Keywords

automated highways; graphical user interfaces; radio links; road traffic; software tools; wireless LAN; 5.8 GHz; LOS; WLAN; field strength prediction; graphical user interface; intelligent traffic light system; software planning tools; wireless communication link; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Intelligent systems; Lighting control; Programming; Radio frequency; Roads; Software tools; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; 5.8 GHz; K-factor; Line-of-Sight (LOS); Traffic management; Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics, 2005. APACE 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9431-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APACE.2005.1607847

Filename

1607847