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Inter-Vehicle Communication on Freeways: Statistical Properties of Information Propagation in Ad-Hoc Networks

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The function of adaptive cruise control (ACC) systems can be enhanced by information flows between equipped cars, i.e., by upstream transmission of messages about the current traffic situation. Message transport within one driving direction is obviously rather restricted for small percentages of equipped cars due to the limited broadcast range. Thus, we consider vehicles in the opposite driving direction as possible relay stations. Analytical results based on a Poisson approximation, which are in accordance with empirical traffic data, show the efficiency and velocity of information propagation based on transversal message hopping. The obtained propability distributions of the transmission times are compared with numerical results of microscopic traffic simulations. By simulating the formation of a typical traffic jam, we show how information about distant bottlenecks and jam fronts reaches upstream equipped cars, which then can optimize their driving strategies.

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  1. Institute for Transport & Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Andreas-Schubert-Straße 23, D-01062, Dresden, Germany

    Martin Schönhof, Arne Kesting, Martin Treiber & Dirk Helbing

  2. Collegium Budapest — Institute for Advanced Study, Szentháromság u. 2, H-1014, Budapest, Hungary

    Dirk Helbing

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937, Köln, Germany

    Andreas Schadschneider

  2. Campus Virchow Klinikum Centrum für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Charité, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    Thorsten Pöschel

  3. Institut für Verkehrsforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Reinhart Kühne

  4. Physik von Transport und Verkehr, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, 47048, Duisburg, Germany

    Michael Schreckenberg

  5. Theoretische Physik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, 47048, Duisburg, Germany

    Dietrich E. Wolf

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Schönhof, M., Kesting, A., Treiber, M., Helbing, D. (2007). Inter-Vehicle Communication on Freeways: Statistical Properties of Information Propagation in Ad-Hoc Networks. In: Schadschneider, A., Pöschel, T., Kühne, R., Schreckenberg, M., Wolf, D.E. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow’05. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47641-2_63

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