Your car may be communicating with another vehicle or roadside infrastructure sooner than you think. Starting their engines in NYC, the ITS World Congress VII demonstration committee recently tested DSRC technologies on a 50-mile stretch of roadway.
Mar 19, 2008
By:
Janice Partyka
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Something interesting happened this month on a stretch of road between New York City and Long Island. The ITS World Congress VII demonstration committee successfully tested advanced vehicle communication technology along the 50-mile route as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Vehicle Infrastructure Initiative (VII). Both GPS and wireless Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) play key roles in these new traffic safety and mobility efforts.  Unlike the current system, which is designed for telephone technology only, NG 9-1-1 "calls" can contain video, voice, images, and data from a variety of devices. NG 9-1-1 also easily enables PSAPs to move capacity to other dispatch centers.
Feb 21, 2008
By:
Janice Partyka
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Earlier this month, the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau held a summit on issues related to Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) technology and public safety's experience with the current 9-1-1 system, particularly its performance in large-scale disasters. The volume of new GPS personal navigation devices shown at CES begs the question of market: Will handset-based navigation replace PNDs?
Jan 16, 2008
By:
Janice Partyka
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Each year, it becomes harder to wade through the new product announcements from CES. This year was flooded with navigation offerings, although my attention was also caught by the projectors that 3M, Microvision, and Texas Instruments offered to handset or other mobile personal device manufacturers.
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