A problem of infrared electronic-toll-collection systems: The irregularity of LED radiation pattern and emitter design

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-163

  Shieh, Wern Yarng ^a   Hsu, Chen Chien James ^b   Wang, Ti Ho ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dedicated short range communication (DSRC); electronic toll collection (ETC); infrared communication; intelligent transportation system (ITS); light emitting diode (LED); radiation pattern

Indexed keywords

DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION (ETC); INFRARED COMMUNICATION; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED); RADIATION PATTERN;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIODES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIGHT EMISSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOLL COLLECTION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79952070059     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2010.2071384     Document Type: Article

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