Bluetooth-based travel time/speed measuring systems development.

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• Alternative Title:
  Bluetooth®-based travel time/speed measuring systems development
• Creators:
  Puckett, Darryl D. ; Vickich, Michael J.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. University Transportation Center for Mobility
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Travel time
  • Transportation engineering
  • Traffic speed
  • Speed detectors
  • Traffic speed measurement
  • Speed data
  • Travel time (Traffic engineering)--Texas--Houston--Measurement
  • Motor vehicles--Texas--Houston--Speed--Measurement
  • Bluetooth technology--Texas--Houston.
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UTCM 09-00-17
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Final report; June 2009-May 2010.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. University Transportation Center for Mobility
• Abstract:
  Agencies in the Houston region have traditionally used toll tag readers to provide travel times on ; freeways and High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, but these systems require large amounts of costly and ; physically invasive infrastructure. Bluetooth is a widely used technology embedded in cellular telephones and ; in-vehicle applications for exchanging data over short distances. The initial demonstrations of wireless ; address matching were primarily designed to prove the ability for Bluetooth technology to produce matches ; between two points on a roadway outfitted with the proper Bluetooth reader equipment, with a resulting travel ; time and speed calculated. Costs for Bluetooth travel time measurement systems are one to two orders of ; magnitude below costs for traditional toll tag reader equipment, depending on the application. This cost ; advantage could significantly lower the threshold for hundreds of agencies and private entities to enter the ; travel time measurement market, but there is little guidance on the application. Development and testing of ; various prototype software and hardware platforms were conducted to use the anonymous Media Access ; Control (MAC) address from each Bluetooth device to measure and report real-time traffic conditions. ; Several issues were examined and resolved in order to develop a true first generation “product.” The ; development of this method and process is pending patent approval. ; 17. Key
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT06-G-0044
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18163/dot_18163_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.96 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5a6cc49a3bcad47606a47a5fe9aedbd6b9b988c1f51c17ba11fedba3b34672e4