DEVELOPING ALGORITHM FOR OBJECT TRACKING USING PASSIVE SENSORS

Platooning system is a type of cooperative driving system where several vehicles are aligned to form a chain of vehicles just like a train form. In this project, an unguided system of platooning is designed, where a manually controlled leader vehicle is guiding the following vehicle that is moving autonomously. Object tracking is one of the features in platooning. In order to perform object tracking, advanced sensors are usually used in platooning for example laser range finder, camera and GPS. Advanced sensors are usually used because they can handle complex situations for example on the road or highway. However, if the sensors are used for a smaller and simple layout such as in a building, they appear to be high in expenditure. Hence, this paper serves to describe the use of simple and low-cost passive sensors to replace the advanced sensors in developing an object-tracking system which is more appropriate for educational purpose. Integrating simple sensors in object-tracking may not produce excellent results as compared to advanced sensors but with an appropriate algorithm, it is hoped that at least simple leader/follower behaviour could be demonstrated

Estudio de entornos de simulación en redes de vehículos

La última década ha sido testigo de un creciente interés en las VANETs (Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks), redes formadas entre diferentes vehículos que intercambian datos utilizando tecnologías de comunicación de corto alcance, intentando ofrecer al conductor información dinámica que pueda resultarle de utilidad, brindándole seguridad y evitando riesgos potenciales al proporcionar un mayor conocimiento de las condiciones del camino. Se han propuesto diversos sistemas de intercambio y gestión de datos para redes de vehículos. Sin embargo, para realizar pruebas de su funcionamiento es conveniente utilizar simuladores del entorno real. De esta manera los costes serían menores, se garantizaría la obtención de resultados fiables y un mayor rendimiento del producto final. El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar un estudio de los simuladores más utilizados en el ámbito de las redes de vehículos, con el fin de contribuir a la comunidad investigadora en el momento de decidir qué simulador utilizar. Para ello se emplearán artículos realizados por diferentes investigadores y distintos software de simulación que permitan determinar características, ventajas, desventajas, actividad en la comunidad científica y otros criterios de evaluación que nos ayuden a la toma de decisiones en el momento de utilizar algún simulador específico. A partir de este punto se seleccionarán los que se consideren más adecuados para realizar simulaciones de diversos tipos, incluyendo escenarios de ciudades reales, así como ejemplos propios de los simuladores, donde se darán directrices de cómo llevar cabo la simulación y qué análisis se puede realizar con los resultados obtenidos

A Simulation Tool for Automated Platooning in Mixed Highway Scenarios

Automated platooning is one of the most challenging fields in the domain of ITS. Conceptually, platooning means creating clusters of vehicles which closely follow each other autonomously without action of the driver, neither for accelerating, nor for braking. This leads to several important benefits from substantially improved road throughput to increased safety. The control of such platoons depends on two components: First, radar is typically to be used to control the distance between the vehicles, and secondly, IVC helps managing the entire platoon allowing cars to join or to leave the group whenever necessary. Platooning systems have been mostly investigated in controlled environments such as dedicated highways with centralized management. However, platooning-enabled cars will be deployed gradually and might have to travel on highways together with other non-automated vehicles. We developed a combined traffic and network simulator for studying strategies and protocols needed for managing platoons in such mixed scenarios. We show the models needed and present first results using a simple IVC-based platoon management as a proof of concept

ACM MobiCom 2012 Poster: A Simulation Tool for Automated Platooning in Mixed Highway Scenarios

Automated platooning is one of the most challenging fields in the domain of Intelligent Transportation Systems (IT