Supporting Transportation System Management and Operations Using IoT Technology - Phase II: Field Test

A recently completed Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC) project entitled “Supporting Transportation System Management and Operations Using IoT Technology” reviewed a variety of low power, wide area network (LPWAN) Internet of Things (IoT) communications technologies to see if any may be viable options for traffic operations applications. That study recommended conducting a field test of LPWAN technologies under different conditions and configurations. Considering the existing services, devices, and practices that are commercially available, two LPWAN technologies, LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, were recommended for further testing. This Phase II project will assess the performance of both communications technologies and their feasibility using pedestrian counting as a test case. The performance of the systems will be quantitatively assessed using measures including system uptime, data transmission success ratio, data latency, and power consumption. Impacts of deployment factors like mounting height and weather conditions will also be examined. Findings from this project could help Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) better understand the technical features and limitations when such LPWAN technologies are deployed.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $209000
• Contract Numbers:

  122842

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903
• Managing Organizations:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903
• Project Managers:

  Lan, Chien-Lun

• Performing Organizations:

  Old Dominion University

  Norfolk, VA  United States  23529
• Principal Investigators:

  Yang, Hong

  Cetin, Mecit

  Shen, Yuzhong

• Start Date: 20230201
• Expected Completion Date: 20241031
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Field tests; Internet of things; Transportation operations; Transportation system management
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01870228
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Virginia Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 122842
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 22 2023 11:13AM