May 18 2010
The report on ‘Wireless ICT and Intelligent Transportation Systems: Current and Future Trends’ has been announced as an addition to the offerings from Research and Markets.
The report highlighted the significance of developing enhanced intelligent transportation systems as a basis for emerging in the domain of 4G communications.
The wireless sensors networks (WSN) details have been evaluated by this report. WSN and smart sensors are used by the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) currently. The report includes WSN features and its advantages in the ITS scenario. According to the report, smart sensors will act as a foundation for the creation of an intelligent information source in the near future for processing by ITS control centers. Initially the industry was focused on developing ITS for military applications. However, the IC miniaturization and its development has resulted in creation of wireless technologies like UMB and ZigBee and has led to a stabilized market for commercial usage with special emphasis on ITS.
With ITS the possibility of future scenarios where automobiles could predict and negate accidents and collisions, use updated traffic reports, locate the nearest parking lot, reduce carbon emissions and navigate the fastest path to destinations and also contribute to the safety on roads is greatly increased. More than 30 million people are injured on roads and about 1.25 million die on roads worldwide as per estimations.
The long term evolution (LTE) market and technologies have also been studied, besides its recognition and standardization in terms of the 4G wireless system. LTE-enabled services are being offered by major service providers. The LTE will create a plethora of applications for the ITS. The LTE based car concept is being worked out by R&D and manufacturers of the auto industry.
The report has evaluated markets and technologies related to Dedicated Short Reach Communications (DSRC) that covers the 5.9 GHz frequency band. Electronic tolling is currently the key application for this DSRC. DSRC is likely to be used for more applications as its technology matures. The EU has now approved this band for use in DSRC systems. The particulars and benefits of the technology have been highlighted in the report.
Companies covered by this report include BBN, Freescale (Sensors), BAE Systems, Dust Networks (USG-Mesh), Intel (chipsets), Exensor (WSN nodes), Smart Sensor Systems, Telonics (Sensors), Thales (UGS) and many more.
Important topics in the report includes ITS, elements of 5.9 GHz DSRC, deploying the DSRC and its advantages, vendors of DSRC equipment, 4G technologies, LTE and its market, particulars and applications of smart sensor technologies, and so on.
The report has been prepared with an aim to provide relevant and valid information, resulting in continual review and information updation.