Title

Optimized Lane Assignment Using Inter-Vehicle Communication

Author Info

Thanh-Son Dao, University of Waterloo
Christopher M. Clark, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis ObispoFollow
Jan Paul Huissoon, University of Waterloo

Recommended Citation

Published in Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium: Istanbul, Turkey, June 13, 2007, pages 1217-1222.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2007.4290284.

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to lane assignment for highway vehicles that increases traffic throughput while ensuring they exit successfully at their destinations. Most of current traffic management systems do not consider lane organization of vehicles and only regulate traffic flows by controlling traffic signals or ramp meters. However, traffic throughput and efficient use of highways can be increased by coordinating driver behaviors intelligently. The goal of this research is to form a distributed control strategy for cars themselves to select lanes using inter-vehicle communication. Initial results are promising and demonstrate that intelligent lane selection can decrease vehicle traffic time.

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Copyright

2007 IEEE.

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