Title :
A sustainable mechanism for gathering road traffic data using smart-phones
Author :
Udalagama, S. ; Sahabandu, L. ; Samarkoon, L. ; Fernando, Dinuni ; Chanthirasegaran, P. ; Udana, S. ; Asanga, D. ; Fernando, C. ; Keppetiyagama, Chamath ; Ranasinghe, C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Abstract :
In this paper, our goal is to propose a socially and economically viable mechanism based on the FCD principle, through which the state of traffic congestion can be detected using inbuilt capabilities of modern smart-phones.
Keywords :
automobiles; road traffic; smart phones; traffic engineering computing; FCD principle; floating car data; inbuilt capabilities; road traffic data gathering; smart-phones; traffic congestion;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colombo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5529-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTer.2012.6423029
