ACCURACY OF SPEED MEASUREMENTS FROM CELLULAR PHONE VEHICLE LOCATION SYSTEMS
Author:
David J. Lovell - David J. Lovell is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an Affiliate with the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Portland State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.a
| Affiliation: | a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
DOI:
10.1080/10248070108903698
Publication Frequency:
4 issues per year
Published in:
Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems,
Volume
6,
Issue
4
October
2001
, pages 303
- 325
Subjects:
Aerospace & Air Transport Industries;
Automotive Technology & Engineering;
Energy Conservation;
Intelligent & Automated Transport System Technology;
Location Based Services;
Pollution Control;
Railway Transport Industries;
Road Transport Industries;
Shipping Industries;
Transportation Engineering;
Formats available:
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(English)
Previously published as:
ITS Journal - Intelligent Transportation Systems Journal
(1024-8072)
until 2004
Previously published as:
I V H S Journal
(1065-5123)
until 1995
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Abstract
This paper uses simulation methods to investigate the accuracy of vehicle speed measurements derived from anonymous tracking of cellular phone calls. In particular, these measurements are tested for their sensitivity to positioning algorithm (an angle-angle and an angle-hyperbola system are tested, both engineered to a level of accuracy consistent with FCC requirements for Extended-911 use), angle-of-arrival accuracy, time-difference-of-arrival accuracy, sample size, variance of true vehicle speeds, and sampling distance. The results suggest that such a surveillance system would be capable of stratifying observed vehicle speeds (and congestion levels, insofar as one is a predictor of the other) into at least three categories, such as low, medium, and high. While many other parameters and error sources can and should be investigated, individually and jointly, these results provide a qualitative foundation for a more thorough investigation of the efficacy of such systems.
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