<p>Transportation has expanded the scope of human mobility, increasing the distances we cover on a</p><p>regular basis. The large benefits of transportation have resulted in a huge recent increase in the</p><p>number of vehicles. This, however, implies an increased number of traffic accidents that cause</p><p>many fatalities and injuries every year. It also leads to problems like increased delay for</p><p>commuters, and negative effects on the environment. Not to mention, the money spent in the</p><p>wasted fuel, as well as the costs of fixing damaged equipment and property.</p><p>To help in mitigating these problems the vehicles and the road infrastructure should be equipped</p><p>with intelligent devices that allow them to communicate and collaborate with each other and</p><p>exchange safety information concerning accidents, road traffic conditions, and weather conditions</p><p>as well as non-safety information. Recently, this topic termed telematics has gathered</p><p>considerable interest constituting a lot of work and research all included under the title of</p><p>Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).</p><p>The thesis work defines general communication requirements of future telematics applications</p><p>and investigates various wireless carriers that are important to achieve communication inbetween</p><p>vehicles and between vehicles and nearby infrastructure. We analyse several future</p><p>applications related to the ITS field and describe their communication requirements. Based on the</p><p>communication requirements the applications are grouped into different profiles in order to</p><p>determine the most suitable carrier for each profile.</p><p>Disclaimer: This paper reflects only the authors’ views and the European Community (as cofounders</p><p>of the CVIS, SAFESPOT and PReVENT Sixth Framework Programme projects,</p><p>through the European Commission DG Information Society and Media) is not liable for any use</p><p>that may be made of the information contained within.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hh-4223 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Khalil, Issam, Morsi, Mohamed |
| Publisher | Halmstad University, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IDE), Halmstad University, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IDE), Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data- och Elektroteknik (IDE) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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