Title :
The SOCRATES projects: Progress towards a pan-European driver information system
Author :
Catling, Ian ; Harris, Richard ; Zijderhand, Fred
Author_Institution :
Ian Catling Consultancy, Carshalton Beeches, UK
Abstract :
During the DRIVE 1 program, the SOCRATES project developed the concept and demonstrated the feasibility of using cellular radio to exchange digital traffic information between control centers and equipped vehicles, in order to provide dynamic route guidance and a range of other applications of advanced transport telematics (ATT). In DRIVE 2, there are three pilot projects taking forward the SOCRATES concept into practical implementations. A fourth DRIVE 2 project, the SOCRATES Kernel project, serves as a focus for all SOCRATES developments and a method for coordinating the progress being made in each of the pilot projects. The progress in each of the pilot projects is described, and the scope of the Kernel project is presented. This includes the investigation of the commercial case for implementing SOCRATES systems.
Keywords :
driver information systems; DRIVE 2 project; Kernel project; SOCRATES project; advanced transport telematics; cellular radio; commercial case; control centre-vehicle information exchange; digital traffic information; dynamic route guidance; pan-European driver information system; pilot projects; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Conference management; Disaster management; Information systems; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Navigation; Radio control; Telephony; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the IEEE-IEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1235-X
DOI :
10.1109/VNIS.1993.585640
