Title: Cellular probe technology applied in advanced traveller information system

Authors: Zhijun Qiu, Peng Cheng, Jing Jin, Bin Ran

Addresses: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. ' Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. ' Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. ' Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA

Abstract: Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS) is one of the important components of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Architecture and Cellular Probe (CP) technology is regarded as a promising detection technology for the next generation traffic data collection system. Within the recent years cellular location technology develops very fast. The accuracy of mobile location has been remarkably improved, which provides the possibility of using CPs to give a fairly good estimate of travel speed or travel time in urban, suburban and rural regions. This paper tries to introduce the latest progress of wireless location technology, summarise the existing simulation work and field tests in the academic field and the industrial field, and propose one general system architecture of CP traffic system. Finally several suggestions and recommendations for deploying such an application system are given.

Keywords: cellular probes; ATIS; advanced traveller information systems; ATMS; advanced transportation management systems; probe vehicles; intelligent transport systems; ITS; traffic data collection; wireless location technology; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2009.023310

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research, 2009 Vol.2 No.2/3, pp.247 - 260

Published online: 18 Feb 2009 *

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