Integrated voice/telemetry/GPS location mobile radio system for public transit; Dallas Area Rapid Transit, DART, Texas

Author

Abelleyro, Ramon J.

Author_Institution

ElectroCom Commun. Syst. LP, White Rock, BC, Canada

fYear

1992

fDate

25-26 Jun 1992

Firstpage

151

Lastpage

153

Abstract

In the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system all buses, coaches and service vehicles will be provided with voice and data communications. A precise GPS satellite positioning system will track all vehicles while a telemetry and data system provide schedule, timepoint, alarms and mechanical monitoring for the fleet. A redundant central computer and multi console dispatch centre will coordinate all aspects of system operation. The main components are: GPS positioning, mobile control and data acquisition, radios, consoles, system computers and software

Keywords

data communication systems; local area networks; mobile radio systems; radionavigation; rapid transit systems; satellite relay systems; telemetering systems; traffic computer control; voice communication; DART; Dallas Area Rapid Transit; GPS positioning; LAN; UHF; buses; coaches; consoles; data acquisition; data communications; integrated voice/telemetry/GPS location mobile radio system; mobile control; radios; service vehicles; software; system computers; voice communications; Computerized monitoring; Data communication; Data systems; Global Positioning System; Land mobile radio; Mobile computing; Processor scheduling; Satellite broadcasting; Telemetry; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, 1992. Conference Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0723-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWC.1992.200735

Filename

200735