Title :
Development of a microscopic traffic simulator for inter-vehicle communication application research
Author :
Leung, Keith Yu Kit ; Dao, Thanh-Son ; Clark, Christopher M. ; Huissoon, Jan P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
This paper describes the development of a microscopic traffic simulator purposely designed for ITS researchers studying inter-vehicle communication (IVC) concepts and applications in large traffic networks. The simulator can represent real life vehicles within the simulation by using data from vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, enabling validation of theories with real vehicle data. The software is developed on top of the existing microscopic traffic simulator VISSIM with the added flexibility of modelling and efficiently handling communication between large numbers of vehicles. This along with the software architecture was discussed in detail
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; automotive electronics; digital simulation; road vehicles; software architecture; traffic engineering computing; transportation; Global Positioning System; VISSIM; intelligent transportation system; intervehicle communication; microscopic traffic simulator; software architecture; Communication system traffic control; Computational modeling; Global Positioning System; Intelligent transportation systems; Microscopy; Road safety; Road vehicles; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Vehicle driving;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, 2006. ITSC '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0093-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0094-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2006.1707400
