Self Synchronization of Mobile Objects

Moving objects share space for managing their mobility. For example, vehicles share roads, airplanes and UAVs share the sky or under-water space, etc. The problem then can be stated as “how moving objects can self-synchronize over the use of common resource (space, intersections, etc.) to maintain a conflict-free movement without the aid of a third party?” In this paper we describe our self-synchronization scheme for traffic movement through intersections. We claim that our scheme will be able to introduce fairness, reduce or eliminate the accidents (conflicts), and significantly reduce the cost of traffic management by eliminating the traffic lights that have very little intelligent and other traffic signs such as stop, give way, etc. Our scheme not only implements traffic-light logic but also human drivers’ discretion to some extent. We present a simulation model to illustrate the working of our mechanism using simulated mobile cars.