Traffic Modeling; Congested Flow; Cellular Automaton; Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract :
[en] In this paper we present a study of highway traffic flow optimization using Partial Velocity Synchronization (PVS). PVS is a Cellular Automaton (CA) model that is extended by a communication layer providing the ability to exchange relevant information between vehicles. We show that it is possible to enhance traffic flow on highways significantly with a small number of velocity recommendations computed from the traffic conditions ahead. Furthermore we show that only a limited number of hops in an information chain is necessary to reschedule the vehicles on a given highway segment to avoid the formation of shockwaves. Our results show that traffic flow will be increased while travel time and emissions will be reduced dramatically.
Disciplines :
Computer science
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-CONFERENCE-2013-076
Author, co-author :
Forster, Markus ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Frank, Raphaël ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Engel, Thomas ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
Language :
English
Title :
A Study on Highway Traffic Flow Optimization using Partial Velocity Synchronization
Publication date :
2013
Event name :
1st GI/ITG KuVS Fachgespräch Inter-Vehicle Communication (FG-IVC 2013)
Event place :
University of Innsbruck, Institute of Computer Science, Austria
Event date :
January 2013
Journal title :
Proceedings of the 1st GI/ITG KuVS Fachgespräch Inter-Vehicle Communication (FG-IVC 2013) Technical Report CCS-2013-01
Publisher :
Christoph Sommer, Björn Scheuermann, Tessa Tielert, Björn Schünemann