Title: Quantitative evaluation of inter-vehicle communication effect in highway transportation from micro and macro views

Authors: Yiting Liu, Umit Ozguner

Addresses: The Ohio State University, 2015 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. ' The Ohio State University, 2015 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

Abstract: This article proposes a quantitative approach in considering the effect of inter-vehicle communication with respect to safety and congestion improvement. For enhancing safety by reducing delay time for safe braking for individual vehicles, long distance inter-vehicle communication (LDIVC) is proposed. An equation is developed for calculating delay time from a micro view. For alleviating congestion in a simplified traffic network, which consists of a primary route with high capacity and an alternative route with low capacity, short distance inter-vehicle communication (SDIVC) is proposed. For evaluating traffic throughput comparatively a set of formulae are derived from a macro view.

Keywords: inter-vehicle communication; road safety; congestion reduction; safe braking; vehicle information systems; communication systems; traffic congestion; intelligent transportation systems; ITS; routing strategy; rear end collision avoidance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVICS.2005.007592

International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, 2005 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.152 - 180

Published online: 08 Aug 2005 *

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