Intelligent Transport Systems

Focusing on the nuts and bolts of wireless network access for computers on board vehicles, this volume shows how in-car computerization now does much more than merely act as a glorified map-reader. Wireless communication is transforming road travel in ways previously undreamt of, allowing vehicles to 'talk' to a wider network and monitor road conditions, potential delays and traffic congestion, all automatically. Toll payments can be made without opening the driver's window on a cold day, while vehicles might themselves take active steps to avoid collisions.

It is the connection between on-board computers and wireless access points, ubiquitous in most cities now, that is a key area of research. Moving vehicles transfer their communications to new points as they progress, and this causes delays, known as 'handover latency'. In this book, new stochastic models are developed to map the disruption when connecting to 802.11 WLAN points. It details the application of stochastic tools to analyzing communication networks, as well as previous literature on handover latency and relevant mathematical modeling. Finally, it presents a scheme for monitoring traffic congestion using WLAN connectivity. This volume will be a useful addition to the libraries both of wireless communication students and those studying probability theory.

Syed Faraz Hasan is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University. He was with the University of Ulster at the time of this writing. He finished his PhD in Vehicular Communications from University of Ulster in 2011. He completed his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology in 2008. His research areas include vehicular communication networks, 802.11 WLANs, stochastic modeling, and positioning and localization techniques. He serves as a reviewer in various peer-reviewed research journals.

Nazmul. H. Siddique is a lecturer in School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, University of Ulster at Magee, UK

Dr. Shyam Chakraborty was a Reader at the University of Ulster, and presently he is an independent consultant in Helsinki-Esopp, Finland. He holds a First Class M.Tech. in Opto-Electronics and Optical Communications from IIT Delhi and a D.Sc. (Tech) degree in Communications Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology. Prior to joining Ulster, he has served the Planning Commission, Government of India, Helsinki University of Technology, Academy of Finland and Ericsson. He also held visiting positions at IISc Bangalore, AIT Bangkok, Aalborg University and TU-Berlin. He was awarded the Senior Academy Fellowship of Academy of Finland for the period 2000-2004. Dr. Chakraborty has published two books (one research monograph and one industrial research treaties) with Springer and Wiley, seven World patents, 29 journal articles, 43 conference papers and 7 World patents. He also served as a co-guest editor of IEEE JSAC for the special issue on wireless mesh networks (2005). His research interests are, design modelling and analysis of telecommunication protocols, IPv6 based infrastructure networks, session, mobility, security and QoS management, wireless networking including IEEE 802.11, vehicular networking, GSM/GPRS, HSPA, LTE, ROLL and 6LoWPAN, etc.