Towards Mobility-as-a-Service to Promote Smart Transportation

Published 1 September 2015

Xiping Hu, Nam Ky Giang, Johnny Shen, Victor C. M. Leung, Xitong Li

DOI10.1109/vtcfall.2015.7391182

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TL;DR

This platform orchestrates different mobility data in transportations to REST web service based mobility services that could be used for different mobile telematic applications in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and its feasibility for real-world deployment is demonstrated.

Abstract

In this paper, we present a mobility cloud platform called CarCloud that has been designed to facilitate the real-world deployment of ubiquitous mobile telematic applications to promote smart transportation. CarCloud leverages the mobility, sensing and communication capacities of mobile devices, and collaborates with sensors embedded in vehicles (e.g., accessed via OBD-II) and cloud services to form a seamless platform. This platform orchestrates different mobility data in transportations to REST web service based mobility services that could be used for different mobile telematic applications (e.g., enabling traffic managers to monitor the behaviors of drivers) in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Prototype implementation and preliminary experiments demonstrate the desired functionality of CarCloud for ITS and its feasibility for real-world deployment.

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