Performance Evaluation of Speed Platoon Splitting Algorithm

Abstract

Platooning of vehicles enhances traffic flow performance in transportation systems. Platoon is defined as a group of vehicles standing one behind another, moving in a line by keeping a very short vehicular gap. Many strategies for platoon formation have been proposed in the literature. These strategies aim to control platoon stability and platoon lifetime. Nevertheless, literature algorithms did not take into account the vehicular congestion problem and platoon velocity. Therefore, we propose a new algorithm, called speed platoon splitting (SPS) that targets alleviating congestion by using a ticket pool and classifies platoons according to the velocity using two different lanes. Performance analysis displays that SPS achieves platoon stability and reduces highway congestion.