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

提案#:12-29616PI(s): Mahgoub, Imadeldin；伊卜拉欣-默罕默德;机构：佛罗里达大西洋大学职称：核磁共振/开发。支持多技术车辆联网系统的仪器研究项目建议：该项目旨在开发一种车辆联网单元仪器，旨在为下一代交通技术提供复杂的无线系统。这个小而完整的仪器设备结合了IEEE 802.11p和WAVE的自组织网络功能和集中的蜂窝通信。它包含导航传感器、人机界面（HMI）组件和传统的通信端口，如RS-232、USB和WiFi，用于与系绳设备通信。该设备既可以作为车载设备，也可以作为与基础设施相连的路边设备。该平台将包括构建现实车辆网络测试平台所需的硬件组件，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重要新兴应用。由于其庞大的市场（2006年仅在美国就有2.5亿辆注册车辆），汽车联网技术已经引起了汽车制造商、学术研究人员和政府机构的注意。未来的车辆将使用最近批准的IEEE 802.11p、IEEE 1609.3和IEEE 1609.4 （WAVE）标准，通过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诸如UMTS、WiMAX或LTE等蜂窝系统访问广域网。车辆网络协议和系统的研究工作需要支持所有车辆通信路径的硬件平台进行开发和验证。因此，开发这一工具是完全合理的。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，仅在2009年，美国经济每年就损失了48亿小时，浪费了39亿加仑的燃料，造成的损失超过1120亿美元。它应该进一步有助于防止交通事故死亡人数（根据交通部2008年报告的统计数据，2008年有37262人死亡）。疾病控制和预防中心报告说，交通事故占2006年美国所有死亡人数的1.2%。该仪器还将使研究人员能够进行车辆网络技术的实际开发和验证，旨在缓解这些问题，并有助于建立车辆网络研究的更高标准。此外，该项目为最终仪器的传播提供了有希望的商业化潜力。在教育方面，该仪器将在研究先进交通系统的机构中加强学生在车辆网络、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。它还将用于地区初中和高中的演示，以增加对STEM学科的兴趣。在夏季开设的6门课程中强调团队项目和主动学习（更多课程正在计划开发中）。仪器将通过提供实际操作的项目进行集成。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.