Case Study of Intermodal Center Ground Traffic Control and Visualization by Using GPS and WLAN

J.H. Jo, B. Kim, S-G. Fu, J. Lin, J.E. Cochran Jr.

Abstract:	Early in 2003, the Center for Advanced Simulation and Technology (CAST) software development team finished a prototype, two-dimensional, Ground Intermodal Traffic Control System (GITCS) and three-dimensional Huntsville International Intermodal Center (IIC) visualization software [6]. To validate the GITCS's operation in a real world situation, we tested it at the Huntsville IIC from March 23-25, 2003. Our experiments included static positioning to define the outer boundary of the IIC, dynamic positioning of a moving vehicle around IIC facilities and a wireless local area network (WLAN) propagation test. We collected data for eight static positioning and five dynamic positioning cases. The mobile portion of the system was located in a van. Driving speed was variable and different obstacle situations were considered. The description of implementation of three dimensional (3D) simulation model of Huntsville IIC into GITCS is presented.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS/GNSS 2003) September 9 - 12, 2003 Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR
Pages:	713 - 725
Cite this article:	Jo, J.H., Kim, B., Fu, S-G., Lin, J., Cochran, J.E., Jr., "Case Study of Intermodal Center Ground Traffic Control and Visualization by Using GPS and WLAN," Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS/GNSS 2003), Portland, OR, September 2003, pp. 713-725.
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