Virtual Explorer: a Path Prediction Algorithm for Intelligent Transport Systems

Abstract

Mobile user tracking is an important issue in wireless Network. Spatial data is used for location based services and to support traffic management. Traffic management is an important problem faced by the local authorities where they try to manage efficiently all the information gathered for traffic control. For that location and movement determination are important. This paper proposes Virtual Explorer system that detects the movement of mobile user, analyses the information collected about him and predicts his destination only by measuring the signal received from his mobile phone. If some interruption is presented in the path to the destination a notification message is sent to him to inform him about that or to propose an alternative path. This paper proposesa-path prediction algorithm that predicts the future location of the mobile user based on the user's history movement. We expect that our system help in reducing congestion on the principal roads and help in reducing the number of cars that reach certain point in the case of accident. In addition, our system can help the police to keep track the pedestrian only by collecting information from his mobile phone.

Keywords: traffic management, path prediction, location based detection, received signal strength