Traffic Surveillance by Wireless Sensor Networks: Vehicle Detection, Classification and Re-identification by Wireless Sensor Networks

Traffic surveillance technologies are the foundations of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), which provide part of, or even all data used by other ITS systems. Because of the highly intrusive property of inductive loop detectors, the quest for researching a reliable and cost-effective alternative system has been underway for some time. Wireless sensor networks based traffic surveillance systems are proposed to replace inductive loop systems, and extend the coverage of ITS applications over all freeways and local intersections. In this book, the development and evaluation of a traffic surveillance system by wireless sensor networks are presented. The design and analysis of vehicle detection, classification and re-identification by such sensor networks are discussed.