Weather Applications and Products Enabled Through Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

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1. Report No. FHWA-HOP-07-084	2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient's Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle Weather Applications and Products Enabled Through Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Feasibility and Concept Development Study	5. Report Date January 2007
6. Performing Organization Code
7. Author(s) Kevin R. Petty Ph.D. and William P. Mahoney III	8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address National Center for Atmospheric Research Research Applications Laboratory PO Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000 USA	10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-05-C-00029
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Road Weather Management Program Office of Operations Federal Highway Administration 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20590	13. Type of Report and Period Covered Feasibility and Concept Development Study
14. Sponsoring Agency's Code FHWA HOTO-1
15. Supplementary Notes
16. Abstract Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) involves the two-way wireless transmission of data from vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure utilizing Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC). VII will enable the development of weather-related products and applications designed to improve safety and increase mobility and efficiency along the nation's roadways. This report examines current and future vehicle data elements that have the potential to be used directly or indirectly to sense weather and road conditions. The potential contribution of VII-derived atmospheric and road condition information in the analysis and prediction of weather-related hazards is also explored. To make effective use of mobile data for weather-related applications, it is necessary to invest in research to understand issues associated with current and anticipated data elements; therefore, VII-related research and development topics are surveyed, as well as the feasibility of utilizing VII-enabled data to mitigate the impact of road weather-related hazards.
17. Key Words Vehicle, infrastructure, integration, VII, dedicated, short range, communication, weather, applications, products, feasibility, data, probe message, elements, on-board, equipment, road side, unit, snapshots, translator, service, delivery, nodes, original, manufacturer, DSRC, RSE, OBE, OBU, WDT, SDN, OEM.	18. Distribution Statement No restrictions.
19. Security Classification (of this report)	20. Security Classification (of this page)	21. No. of Pages	22. Price

1. Report No.

FHWA-HOP-07-084

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Weather Applications and Products Enabled Through Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

Feasibility and Concept Development Study

5. Report Date

January 2007

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)

Kevin R. Petty Ph.D. and William P. Mahoney III

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research Applications Laboratory
PO Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
USA

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-05-C-00029

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

Road Weather Management Program
Office of Operations
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Feasibility and Concept Development Study

14. Sponsoring Agency's Code

FHWA HOTO-1

15. Supplementary Notes

16. Abstract

Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) involves the two-way wireless transmission of data from vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure utilizing Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC). VII will enable the development of weather-related products and applications designed to improve safety and increase mobility and efficiency along the nation's roadways. This report examines current and future vehicle data elements that have the potential to be used directly or indirectly to sense weather and road conditions. The potential contribution of VII-derived atmospheric and road condition information in the analysis and prediction of weather-related hazards is also explored. To make effective use of mobile data for weather-related applications, it is necessary to invest in research to understand issues associated with current and anticipated data elements; therefore, VII-related research and development topics are surveyed, as well as the feasibility of utilizing VII-enabled data to mitigate the impact of road weather-related hazards.

17. Key Words

Vehicle, infrastructure, integration, VII, dedicated, short range, communication, weather, applications, products, feasibility, data, probe message, elements, on-board, equipment, road side, unit, snapshots, translator, service, delivery, nodes, original, manufacturer, DSRC, RSE, OBE, OBU, WDT, SDN, OEM.

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions.

19. Security Classification (of this report)

20. Security Classification (of this page)

21. No. of Pages

22. Price

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