Title :
Adaptive routing for road traffic
Author :
Fawcett, John ; Robinson, Peter
Author_Institution :
Comput. Lab., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
The article reports on an integrated system which uses road congestion information to guide routing, both in advance and while in transit. It offers two novel features: historic information about congestion is collected and retained for use when planning routes; and GPS tracks vehicles while they undertake journeys, and the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Short Message Service (SMS) maintains communications between a moving vehicle and a central planning service to suggest revised routes avoiding congestion
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; automated highways; mobile communication; road traffic; GPS; Global System for Mobile Communications; Short Message Service; adaptive routing; central planning service; congestion avoidance; historic information; integrated system; moving vehicle; revised routes; road congestion information; road traffic; route planning; Computational modeling; Delay; Extraterrestrial measurements; Infrared sensors; Low earth orbit satellites; Roads; Routing; Speech synthesis; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
