A GPS based traffic light pre-emption control system for emergency vehicles

Proceedings - 2013 International Conference on Computer, Electrical and Electronics Engineering: 'Research Makes a Difference', ICCEEE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 724-729

  Eltayeb, Abubakr S ^a   Almubarak, Halla O ^a   Attia, Tahani Abdalla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Congestion; Delay; GPS; GSM; Microcontrollers; pre emption; Traffic lights

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION; DELAY; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESTINATION POINTS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; POLICE FORCES; PRE-EMPTION; TRAFFIC LIGHT;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MICROCONTROLLERS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EMERGENCY VEHICLES;

EID: 84889563569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCEEE.2013.6634030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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