Assessment of antenna characteristic effects on pedestrian and cyclists travel-time estimation based on Bluetooth and WiFi MAC addresses

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-141

  Abedi, Naeim ^a   Bhaskar, Ashish ^a   Chung, Edward ^a   Miska, Marc ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenna characteristics; Bluetooth MAC scanner; Cyclists; MAC address; Pedestrians; Transport; WiFi MAC scanner

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLUETOOTH; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MOBILE ANTENNAS; SCANNING; SCANNING ANTENNAS; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WI-FI; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; CYCLISTS; MAC ADDRESS; PEDESTRIANS; TRANSPORT;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CYCLE TRANSPORT; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MONITORING; PEDESTRIAN; TRACKING; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84940743482     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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