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Deployment of a Wireless Mesh Network for Traffic Control

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Author

  • Kun-chan Lan
  • Zhe Wang
  • Mahbub Hassan
  • Tim Moors
  • Rodney Berriman
  • Lavy Libman
  • Maximilian Ott
  • Björn Landfeldt
  • Zainab Zaidi
  • Ching-Ming Chou

Editor

  • Mohammad A. Matin

Summary, in English

Wireless mesh networks (WMN) have attracted considerable interest in recent years as a convenient, new technology. However, the suitability of WMN for mission-critical infrastructure applications remains by and large unknown, as protocols typically employed in WMN are, for the most part, not designed for real-time communications. In this chapter, the authors describe a wireless mesh network architecture to solve the communication needs of the traffic control system in Sydney. This system, known as SCATS and used in over 100 cities around the world — from individual traffic light controllers to regional computers and the central TMC —places stringent requirements on the reliability and latency of the data exchanges. The authors discuss experience in the deployment of an initial testbed consisting of 7 mesh nodes placed at intersections with traffic lights, and share the results and insights learned from measurements and initial trials in the process.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

290-310

Publication/Series

Developments in Wireless Network Prototyping, Design, and Deployment: Future Generations

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

IGI Global

Topic

  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781466617971
  • DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1797-1