Virtual Testbed for Assessing Probe Vehicle Data in IntelliDrive Systems

This paper presents an effort to develop a virtual testbed for assessing probe vehicle data generation by IntelliDrive vehicles within a microscopic traffic-simulation environment. Simulation capabilities are implemented through the development of a portable plug-in module using the application programming interface of the Paramics microscopic traffic simulation. This module simulates the generation of snapshots by individual vehicles, the uploading of these snapshots to roadside units, and some probe vehicle data postprocessing. While some temporary simplifying assumptions are made, the simulation generally follows operational concepts described in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J2735 Surface Vehicle Standard. Application of the model is demonstrated by simulating IntelliDrive probe data collection over the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)'s Michigan Proof-of-Concept testbed. Simulation results show the sensitivity of probe data collection to communication range, market penetration, number of active roadside communication units (RSEs), interval between snapshots, and snapshot buffer size. Impacts on link travel time estimates are also presented. These results clearly demonstrate the utility of the simulator in conducting evaluations and sensitivity analyses for scenarios that would be difficult to execute in existing testbeds.

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