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PMSS Project Details

 

Project ID:FHWA-PROJ-10-0070
Project Name: Communication Systems Analysis for SPaT Applications - Phase I
Status: Completed
Contact:Last Name:   Arnold
First Name:   James A
Telephone:  202-493-3265
E-mail:         james.a.arnold@dot.gov
Organization:Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office: Office of Operations Research and Development
Team: Trans Enabling Technologies Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s): Not Applicable
Project Findings: Data not yet available
Project Description: This project will develop requirements for telecommunication systems then use a combination of wireless technologies (Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC), private systems such as local Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), and commercial services such as Third Generation (3G)/Fourth Generation (4G) cellular data, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Frequency Modulation (FM) radio, satellite radio, and other emerging services) to meet those requirements. The output will be a report that outlines several proposed approaches to addressing the telecommunication needs for Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) applications.
Laboratories: Not Applicable
Start Date: December 1, 2010
End Date: September 30, 2011
Funding Amount:$655,000.00
FHWA Program Name: Other
Goals:
The key project objectives are:
1.  Identify safety and mobility applications that will use Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) data;
2.  Establish well-documented wireless requirements for those applications with the buy-in of stakeholders;
3.  Identify the existing and emerging communications technologies and commercial services that could have applicability;
4.  Provide a mapping of existing and emerging wireless communications technologies to the identified applications; 
5.  Evaluate the ability of the different wireless technologies to provide the level of performance for the safety and mobility applications that use SPaT data; and
6.  Identify and evaluate the operations and maintenance needs and challenges associated with utilization of the different communications technologies and services, including in a mixed environment. 
Project Type: Offsite
Background Information: Data not yet available
Test Methodology: Analysis.
Other Information: Data not yet available
Partners: Data not yet available
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Fieldtest: Data not yet available
Expected Benefits: The expected benefit is the recognition of options to meet the requirements.
Deliverables: Data not yet available
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FHWA Topics: General--Other
TRT Terms: telecommunications
FHWA Disciplines: Safety
Subject Areas: Construction
Data and Information Technology
Freight Transportation
Energy
Highways
Motor Carriers
Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Public Transportation
Railroads
Safety and Human Factors
Security and Emergencies
Transportation (General)
Vehicles and Equipment