On the impact of virtual traffic lights on carbon emissions mitigation

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 284-295

  Ferreira, Michel ^a   D'Orey, Pedro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbon Dioxide (CO 2) emissions; fuel consumption; Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs); Virtual Traffic Lights (VTLs)

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; COMPLEX SIMULATION; EMISSION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HIGH-DENSITY; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC LIGHT; TRANSPORT SECTORS; VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION; VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS; VIRTUAL TRAFFIC LIGHTS (VTLS); WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

FUEL CONSUMPTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SIGNS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84857785790     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2169791     Document Type: Article

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