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access icon free Process for evaluating the data transfer performance of wireless traffic sensors for real-time intelligent transportation systems applications

  • Author(s): Yan Zhou 1 ; Kakan Chandra Dey 2 ; Mashrur Chowdhury 3 ; Kuang-Ching Wang 4
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    • Affiliations: 1: Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Bldg 362, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA ;
      2: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA ;
      3: Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, 216 Lowry Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA ;
      4: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, 308 Fluor Daniel Engineering Innovation Building, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
  • Source: Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2017, p. 18 – 27
    DOI:  10.1049/iet-its.2015.0250 , Print ISSN 1751-956X, Online ISSN 1751-9578
© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Received 20/12/2015, Accepted 05/09/2016, Revised 31/08/2016, Published 08/09/2016

Different wireless communication technologies, such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), 4G cellular technologies and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) have been used as alternatives or supplement to wired communication in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Widespread deployment of wireless technologies in ITS require a comprehensive understanding of their performance, limitations and advantages in different field conditions. The authors evaluated performance of Wi-Fi wireless communication between adjacent roadside ITS devices (i.e., nodes) in different field conditions with varying characteristics of Wi-Fi technology. Field tests revealed that modulation rates, transmission power, line of sight, distance between nodes play critical roles in the performance of Wi-Fi communication in different roadway conditions. To achieve a desired level of performance requirements between adjacent nodes, minimum network performance thresholds must be realized in the field. Transportation agencies can identify the achievable performance, such as saturated throughput, delivery ratio and received signal strength at a particular location, by following the field test procedure developed in this research. The evaluation strategies and results presented in this study will contribute to the future planning and design of Wi-Fi communication for a roadway wireless sensor or device network considering corresponding communication performance requirements for specific ITS applications.

Inspec keywords: wireless LAN; open systems; intelligent transportation systems

Other keywords: microwave access; field tests; data transfer performance; ITS applications; communication link; wireless fidelity; wired communication; adjacent nodes; wireless traffic sensor network; transportation agencies; delivery ratio; Wi-Fi wireless communication network; received signal strength; roadway conditions; wireless technologies; real-time intelligent transportation systems applications; roadside ITS devices; minimum network performance; saturated throughput; wireless traffic sensors; modulation rates; Wi-Fi technology; worldwide interoperability; roadway network; Wi-Fi connections

Subjects: Traffic engineering computing; Radio links and equipment; Computer communications; Local area networks

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