Title
Communication Information Structures and Contents for Enhanced Safety of Highway Vehicle Platoons
Abstract
Highway platooning of vehicles has been identified as a promising framework in developing intelligent transportation systems. By autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle control and intervehicle coordination, an appropriately managed platoon can potentially offer enhanced safety, improved highway utility, increased fuel economy, and reduced emissions. This paper is focused on quantitative characterization of the impact of communication information structures and contents on platoon safety. By comparing different information structures that combine front sensors, rear sensors, and wireless communication channels, as well as different information contents such as distances, speeds, and drivers' actions, we reveal a number of intrinsic relationships between vehicle coordination and communications in platoons. Typical communication standards and related communication latency are used as benchmark cases in this paper. The findings of this paper provide useful guidelines in sensor selections, communication resource allocations, and vehicle coordination.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TVT.2014.2311384
IEEE T. Vehicular Technology
Keywords
Field
DocType
Vehicles,Force,Safety,Sensors,Delays,Aerodynamics,Radar
Wireless,Platoon,Computer science,Transport engineering,Communications system,Communication channel,Vehicle Information and Communication System,Resource allocation,Intelligent transportation system,Control system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63
9
0018-9545
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.45
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lijian Xu1254.27
Le Yi Wang279287.63
Gang George Yin346061.21
Hongwei Zhang493567.71