An IEEE1451.7 Based WSN Design for V2I Localization Services in Smart Cities

The topic of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is of great interest for researchers and the public. This report describes an investigation of the vehicle ad hoc networks (VANET) topic of ITS. The work focuses on roadway safety innovations, which, in-turn, may save lives and reduce property losses. We propose to use RFID-based and infrared-based vehicle localization techniques and protocols with descriptions and illustrations of how these technologies can produce end-to-end communications as a part of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) design. This localization design can be used to produce safe and accurate autonomous vehicle communications for navigation of urban and sub-urban roadways in Smart Cities. This highway infrastructure model and simulation utilizes the IEEE1451 standards with embedded transducer electronic data sheets (TEDS) as its middleware and cloud computing with the goal to complement all ITS that supports autonomous vehicles.