Development of Enhanced Safety Systems Based on GPS and INU System
Project Information
Project ID:
FHWA-PROJ-14-0093
Project Abstract:
This research tested emerging navigation technologies in a simulated environment that could lead to better assessment of future navigation technology and improved methods for roadway design. The proposed integrated global positioning system/inertial navigation unit (GPS/INU) simulator for enhanced safety consisted of the development of five modules: the vehicle dynamics simulator, the global positioning system/inertial navigation unit (GPS/INU) simulator; the traffic simulator; the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) simulator; and the scenario warning generator. All these modules were integrated to create an environment that allowed the researchers to study the relationship between vehicle dynamics and roadway geometry, and to provide an integrated design, test, and evaluation tool for developing advanced concept subsystems to enhance vehicle safety at the vehicle and network levels. Several prototype GPS/INU systems were proposed to cross-validate the integrated simulation environment and to explore new concepts to enhance vehicle safety in conjunction with or without the existing IntelliDrive environment.
Goals:
The development of an integrated simulation environment, which includes a new GPS/INU simulator; a commercial vehicle dynamics simulator; CarSim software (adapted for this application); a commercial communications simulator (NCTUns); and a commercial traffic simulator (such as VisSim).
Research HUB ID:
8853
Project Status:
Completed
Project Funding Amount (Contract Award Amount):
$499,977.00
Start Date:
End Date:
Public Access Plan:
No
FHWA Program Area:
- Exploratory Advanced Research
Fiscal Year / AMRP Program / AMRP Activity:
- FY 2002-2022 / Exploratory Advanced Research
AMRP = Annual Modal Research Plan