Virtual Induction Loops Based on Cooperative Vehicular Communications

Induction loop detectors have become the most utilized sensors in traffic management systems. The gathered traffic data is used to improve traffic efficiency (i.e., warning users about congested areas or planning new infrastructures). Despite their usefulness, their deployment and maintenance costs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gramaglia, Marco, Bernardos, Carlos Jesús, Calderón, María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:IMDEA Networks Institute
Repositorio:IMDEA Networks Institute Digital Repository
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.networks.imdea.org:20.500.12761/1252
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12761/1252
https://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s130201467
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Vehicular communications
V2I
I2V
traffic monitoring
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Sumario:Induction loop detectors have become the most utilized sensors in traffic management systems. The gathered traffic data is used to improve traffic efficiency (i.e., warning users about congested areas or planning new infrastructures). Despite their usefulness, their deployment and maintenance costs are expensive. Vehicular networks are an emerging technology that can support novel strategies for ubiquitous and more cost-effective traffic data gathering. In this article, we propose and evaluate VIL (Virtual Induction Loop), a simple and lightweight traffic monitoring system based on cooperative vehicular communications. The proposed solution has been experimentally evaluated through simulation using real vehicular traces.