Decision support system for fleet management based on TETRA terminals geolocation

Author

Polo, A. ; Robol, F. ; Nardin, Cristina ; Marchesi, S. ; Zorer, A. ; Zappini, L. ; Viani, F. ; Massa, A.

Author_Institution

ELEDIA Res. Center@DISI, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1195

Lastpage

1198

Abstract

In this paper, the localization of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) terminals has been exploited to enable advanced management strategies in emergency events. The location awareness of the available handheld and vehicular terminals in the monitored territory is fundamental for a centralized supervision and control. In this context, the proposed system architecture extends the potentialities of the TETRA technology supporting the interactions between the control center and the end users with a mobile App installed on tablet platforms. A set of advanced functionalities have been implemented to optimize and support through user-friendly interfaces the most frequent procedures of operational units. The system has been experimentally tested on the TETRA network of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Trentino, Italy, and is under testing by the main officers of the local operational units.

Keywords

decision support systems; mobile computing; mobility management (mobile radio); TETRA network; TETRA technology; TETRA terminals geolocation; decision support system; emergency events; fleet management; location awareness; terrestrial trunked radio terminals; user-friendly interfaces; vehicular terminals; Antennas; Communication system security; Mobile communication; Vehicles; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA); decision support system; geolocation; wireless localization and tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901987

Filename

6901987