Title: An applied Mobile Truck Model (MTM) for on-the-road data-probing

Authors: Y. Morgan; T. Kunz

Addresses: Software Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4S-0A2, Canada. ' Faculty of Engineering and Design, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, 1225 Colonel By drive, Ottawa, ON K1S-5B6, Canada

Abstract: In recent years, the blending of wireless technologies with modern safety features allows to deliver safer, faster and potentially greener vehicles. In this paper, we present a model based on heavy vehicles into the area of data probing, called Mobile Truck Model (MTM). The model benefits from heavy trucks as a data-probing vehicle by benefiting from its relative elevation over other vehicles. The result is better economics for operated heavy trucks. We illustrate how to limit disruption to communications, and we present alternative foundation models that can be combined with our proposal and discuss how they affect its validity and performance.

Keywords: closed loop; DSRC; dedicated short-range communications; ITS; vehicle communications; VANETs; IntelliDrive^SM; heavy vehicles; modelling; heavy trucks; vehicular ad hoc networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2011.043109

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 2011 Vol.18 No.4, pp.390 - 410

Published online: 29 Jan 2015 *

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