Wireless Sensor Network for traffic safety

Author

Daponte, Pasquale ; De Vito, Luca ; Picariello, Francesco ; Rapuano, Sergio ; Tudosa, Ioan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

28-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

49

Abstract

The paper presents the design and implementation of an innovative Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for traffic safety measurements. The research aims to create a Wireless Active Guardrail System (WAGS) which can provide user-friendly and low-delay safety warning signs to travelers in presence of possible collisions between vehicles and guardrails. The proposed WAGS uses advanced sensing and networking technologies. The general architecture and two sensor nodes for safety measurements are described in details.

Keywords

road safety; road traffic; wireless sensor networks; WAGS; WSN; advanced sensing; low-delay safety warning; networking technologies; traffic safety measurements; wireless active guardrail system; wireless sensor network; Logic gates; Roads; Safety; Vehicles; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; distributed measurement systems; guardrail; safety measurements; transportation safety; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Energy and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS), 2012 IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Perugia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2739-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EESMS.2012.6348405

Filename

6348405