MRI: Development of Instrumentation to Support Multi-Technology Vehicular Networking Systems Research

建议#：12-29616PI(S)：Mahgoub，Imadeldin；Ilyas，Mohammad；Stevanovic，Aleksandar Z。机构：佛罗里达大西洋大学标题：磁共振/开发：支持多技术车载网络系统的仪器研究建议：该项目开发车载网络单元仪器，旨在为下一代交通技术实现复杂的无线系统。这款小而全的仪器设备将IEEE 802.11p和WAVE的临时联网功能与集中式蜂窝通信结合在一起。它包含导航传感器、人机界面(HMI)组件，以及用于与系留设备通信的传统通信端口，如RS-232、USB和WiFi。该设备既可以作为车载单元，也可以作为与基础设施连接的路侧单元。该平台将包括构建逼真的车载网络试验床所需的硬件组件，以及在系统上快速开发和部署协议和应用程序所需的软件工具。车载网络是嵌入式无线系统的一个重要新兴应用。车载网络技术拥有巨大的市场(仅2006年美国就有2.5亿辆登记在册的汽车)，引起了汽车制造商、学术研究人员和政府机构的关注。未来的车辆将通过使用最近批准的IEEE 802.11p、IEEE 1609.3和IEEE 1609.4(WAVE)标准的基础设施接入点与其他车辆进行临时通信。这些车辆还将能够使用UMTS、WiMAX或LTE等蜂窝系统访问广域网络。车载网络协议和系统的研究工作需要支持所有车载通信路径的硬件平台来进行开发和验证。因此，这一工具的开发是有充分理由的。更广泛的影响：该工具将有助于缓解交通拥堵，交通拥堵在各种规模的城市中继续恶化，导致2009年仅在美国经济中就造成超过112亿美元的年损失小时数和39亿加仑燃料浪费。它应进一步有助于防止交通事故死亡(根据交通部2008年报告中的统计数字，2008年为37262人)。疾病控制和预防中心的报告称，2006年美国交通事故占所有死亡人数的1.2%。该仪器还将使研究人员能够对旨在缓解这些问题的车载网络技术进行实际开发和验证，并有助于在车载网络研究中建立更高的标准。此外，该项目为推广所产生的仪器提供了良好的商业潜力。在教育方面，该仪器将在学习先进交通系统的机构中加强学生在车辆联网、移动计算、交通建模、交通信号系统和智能交通系统方面的学习。它还将用于初中和高中地区的示范活动，以增加人们对STEM学科的兴趣。团队项目和积极学习在暑期授课的6门课程中被强调(更多的课程计划在开发中)。仪器将通过提供动手项目来整合。结果将在技术和教育会议和期刊上传播。

Proposal #: 12-29616PI(s): Mahgoub, Imadeldin; Ilyas, Mohammad; Stevanovic, Aleksandar Z.Institution: Florida Atlantic UniversityTitle: MRI/Dev.: Instrumentation to Support Multi-Technology Vehicular Networking Systems ResearchProject Proposed:This project, developing a vehicular networking unit instrument, aims to enable sophisticated wireless systems for the next generation of transportation technology. This small and fully contained instrument device combines ad-hoc networking capabilities of IEEE 802.11p and WAVE with centralized cellular communications. It contains navigation sensors, human-machine interface (HMI) components, and traditional communications ports such as RS-232, USB, and WiFi to communicate with tethered equipment. The device can function both as an on-board unit and as a road-side unit connected with infrastructure. The platform will include both the hardware components necessary to construct a realistic vehicular networking testbed and the software tools needed to quickly develop and deploy protocols and applications on the system.Vehicular networks constitute an important emerging application of embedded wireless systems. With a large market (250 million registered vehicles in USA alone in 2006), vehicular networking technology has captured the attention of automotive manufacturers, academic researchers, and governmental agencies. Future vehicles will communicate with other vehicles on an ad-hoc basis with infrastructure access points using the recently ratified IEEE 802.11p, IEEE 1609.3, and IEEE 1609.4 (WAVE) standards. These vehicles will also have the ability to access the wide-area network using cellular systems such as UMTS, WiMAX, or LTE. Research efforts in vehicular networking protocols and systems require hardware platforms that support all vehicular communication paths for development and verification. Consequently, the development of this instrument is well justified.Broader Impacts: This instrument will help to alleviate the traffic congestion that continues to worsen in cities of all sizes creating an annual drain that exceeds $112 billion in the USA economy alone in the form of 4.8B lost hours and 3.9 billion gallons of wasted fuel in 2009. It should further help to prevent traffic accident fatalities (37,262 in 2008, according to the statistics in the report of the Department of Transportation for that year). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that traffic accidents accounted for 1.2% of all deaths in USA in 2006. The instrumentation will also enable researchers to perform practical development and verification of vehicular networking technologies aimed at alleviating these problems and contributing to establish a higher standard in vehicular networks research. Moreover, the project offers promising commercialization potential for the dissemination of the resulting instrumentation.On the educational side, the instrumentation will enhance student learning in Vehicular Networking, Mobile Computing, Transportation Modeling, Traffic Signal Systems, and Intelligent Transportation Systems at institutions studying advanced transportation systems. It will also be used in area middle and high school demonstrations to increase interest in STEM disciplines. The team projects and active learning are emphasized in 6 courses that are taught in summer (more are planned for development). The instrumentation will be integrated by offering hands-on projects. Results will be disseminated in technical and educational conferences and journals.