Wireless sensor network for traffic safety: Analysis of measurement uncertainties

Author

Daponte, P. ; De Vito, L. ; Rapuano, Sergio ; Riccio, M. ; Tudosa, Ioan

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2012

fDate

25-27 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

882

Lastpage

887

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of the uncertainties of the measurements for the traffic safety. The measurements are obtained by means of a network of wireless sensors mounted on the guardrail. The considered traffic safety measurements are: (i) vehicle speed, (ii) vehicle proximity to guardrail, and (iii) detection of vehicle impacts on the guardrail. For each measurement type, (i) the description of the measurand, (ii) the measurement method and the adopted sensors, and (iii) the evaluation of measurement uncertainties, are reported.

Keywords

measurement uncertainty; road safety; road traffic; telecommunication traffic; wireless sensor networks; adopted sensors; measurement uncertainty; traffic safety measurements; vehicle proximity; vehicle speed; wireless sensor network; Instruments; Measurement uncertainty; Sensors; Temperature measurement; Uncertainty; Vehicles; Velocity measurement; acceleration measurement; impact detection; proximity measurement; speed measurement; uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE), 2012 International Conference and Exposition on

Conference_Location

Iasi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1173-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEPE.2012.6463822

Filename

6463822