A real-time traffic and weather reporting system for motorists

Author

Montgomery, J.

Author_Institution

DePaul Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

3-6 Jan. 2005

Firstpage

580

Lastpage

581

Abstract

It is estimated that the economic cost of traffic congestion costs our nation $63 billion in 2002. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has employed several strategies in an effort to mitigate traffic congestion in urban areas. According to the FHWA, the key to any traffic mitigation strategy is providing traveler´s specific location, and current traffic information in real time. We have developed a novel traffic and weather communication system that can be used by travelers to send and receive location specific traffic and weather information in real time. Our system uses wired and wireless ad hoc networks and personal data assistants (PDA).

Keywords

ad hoc networks; driver information systems; mobile radio; road traffic; Federal Highway Administration; current traffic information; economic cost; motorists; personal data assistants; real-time traffic reporting system; real-time weather reporting system; traffic communication system; traffic congestion; traffic mitigation strategy; weather communication system; weather information; wired networks; wireless ad hoc networks; Base stations; Communication system traffic; Communication system traffic control; Costs; Graphical user interfaces; Radio broadcasting; Real time systems; Road transportation; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2005. CCNC. 2005 Second IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8784-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCNC.2005.1405242

Filename

1405242