CARLINK :: Project Consortium
CARLINK has been selected for the Celtic Excellence. Award in bronze!!!
Main Focus
The aim of this project is to develop an
intelligent wireless traffic service platform
between cars supported by wireless
transceivers beside the road. The primary
applications are real-time local weather data,
urban transport traffic management, and
urban information broadcasting.
Cars have integrated wireless transceivers
to communicate with base stations located
beside the road. In addition, cars may also
communicate between each other as
members of an ad-hoc network. Base
stations provide real-time information (e.g.
local weather) to the cars driving past. At the
same time, cars gather real-time data
(weather, traffic density) and deliver this
information back to base stations. Base
stations provide all gathered information to
the central unit, which updates its databases
and provides information on current traffic
conditions, weather etc. back to cars driving
past the base stations.
Approach
In the CARLINK project different kinds of
wireless local area network technologies
and ad-hoc networking are integrated as
an evolutionary extension of WLANs,
WiMAX, cellular networks as well as
transmission network technologies.
Integration of the various networking
technologies is necessary to guarantee
required coverage and data transportation
ability everywhere in the application
area, i.e., on highways and roads as well
as urban street areas. The system will
also have low-rate wireless connection
(via GPRS) between end-users and central-
unit, to provide urgent information in
real-time. The coverage will be tested in
various severe weather conditions with
different topologies.
An interactive web portal built as a part of
CARLINK is an effective way of promoting
CELTIC Lab test vehicles. CARLINK
equipment installed in test vehicles transmits
position and data from sensors in
real time so it is easy to track vehicles and
observe both measured and forecasted
weather and traffic conditions. The platform
operability, usability and necessity will
be approved through few key services. At
this point, these services are Local Traffic
Weather Service and Traffic Management
Service, but supplemental services may
be added to the platform based on user
requirements and scenarios definition
phase, if they are found necessary.
Impact
The results of this project will benefit:
The car industry, telecommunication
operators, drivers, public transportation,
truck traffic and other road users. New
cars can have new safety feature to be
used in marketing new models. New kind
of telecommunication service will bring
new kind of business opportunities to telecommunication
operators. Private car
drivers, public transportation, truck traffic
and other road users benefit with new
safety features.
Equipment manufacturers (fixed or
mobile), municipalities, commercial
companies (advertising companies, car
parking companies). Platform equipment
development will bring new kind of
products for electronic component
industry. Advertising and value-adding
services through the platform can generate
new kind of private business.
Businesses that support the traveller
information system.
European EUREKA-CELTIC Label CP3-005
UMA National Funding:
- July-December 2006 FIT-330210-2006-49 (55.600 euros)
- January-December 2007 FIT-330225-2007-1 (86.500 euros)
- January-June 2008 (48.900 euros)
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- TOTAL 191.000 euros