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Title:

DATA COMMUNICATION WITH REMOTE SENSORS USING REFLEX NARROWBAND PCS TECHNOLOGY
Cover of DATA COMMUNICATION WITH REMOTE SENSORS USING REFLEX NARROWBAND PCS TECHNOLOGY

Accession Number:

00970455

Record Type:

Monograph

Availability:

National Technical Information Service

5301 Shawnee Road
Alexandria, VA 22312 United States

Abstract:

This Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project, categorized as a Product Test, involved the system development and testing of a communication device based upon the ReFLEX Narrowband PCS technology commonly used in two-way pagers. The pager-based communication device was tested with three different remote sensors in the Boston Metropolitan area with assistance and support from the Massachusetts Highway Department. This product is extremely cost effective for transmitting data from Highway Performance Monitoring System sites, and in event-based data transmissions such as incidents, weather, equipment failure, etc. It can be a cost-effective alternative in typical ITS application in situations when traditional methods such as telephone, spread-spectrum or cellular either are technically infeasible or have high installation costs. This report documents the system hardware and software design. It also provides a description of the system tests conducted and costs associated with the system.

Supplemental Notes:

This ITS-IDEA project was conducted by the Lexington Consulting Company, Lexington, Massachusetts. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Report/Paper Numbers:

ITS-IDEA Project 74,
Final Report

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Murthy, S

Pagination:

37 p.

Publication Date:

2001-12

Serial:

ITS-IDEA Program Project Final Report

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Features:

Figures (7) ; Photos (2) ; Tables (7)

Uncontrolled Terms:

ReFLEX narrowband PCS technology

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 15 2004 12:00AM