<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Efficiency of transportation of people and goods is playing a vital role in economic growth. A key component for enabling effective planning of transportation networks is the deployment and operation of autonomous monitoring and traffic analysis tools. For that reason, such systems have been developed to register and classify road traffic usage. In this paper, we propose a novel system for road traffic monitoring and classification based on highly energy efficient wireless magnetic sensor networks. We develop novel algorithms for vehicle speed and length estimation and vehicle classification that use multiple magnetic sensors. We also demonstrate that, using such a low-cost system with simplified installation and maintenance compared to current solutions, it is possible to achieve highly accurate estimation and a high rate of positive vehicle classification.</p></abstract>

Efficiency of transportation of people and goods is playing a vital role in economic growth. A key component for enabling effective planning of transportation networks is the deployment and operation of autonomous monitoring and traffic analysis tools. For that reason, such systems have been developed to register and classify road traffic usage. In this paper, we propose a novel system for road traffic monitoring and classification based on highly energy efficient wireless magnetic sensor networks. We develop novel algorithms for vehicle speed and length estimation and vehicle classification that use multiple magnetic sensors. We also demonstrate that, using such a low-cost system with simplified installation and maintenance compared to current solutions, it is possible to achieve highly accurate estimation and a high rate of positive vehicle classification.

Wireless Magnetic Sensor Network for Road Traffic Monitoring and Vehicle Classification

Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton LU1 3JU,

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Via E. Fermi, 20127 Ispra (VA),

Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ,

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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Efficiency of transportation of people and goods is playing a vital role in economic growth. A key component for enabling effective planning of transportation...

Wireless Magnetic Sensor Network for Road Traffic Monitoring and Vehicle Classification

Published Online: Nov 23, 2016

Page range: 274 - 288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ttj-2016-0024

Keywords
wireless, magnetic sensors, traffic monitoring, speed and length estimation, vehicle classification

© 2016 Transport and Telecommunication Institute

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Wireless Magnetic Sensor Network for Road Traffic Monitoring and Vehicle Classification

Published Online: Nov 23, 2016

Page range: 274 - 288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ttj-2016-0024

Keywordswireless, magnetic sensors, traffic monitoring, speed and length estimation, vehicle classification

© 2016 Transport and Telecommunication Institute

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
wireless, magnetic sensors, traffic monitoring, speed and length estimation, vehicle classification