Monitoring operations at freight intermodal terminals are useful for estimating their performance, while collecting traffic data allows them to properly manage and control truck flows. Nevertheless, the key role of observation can be in contrast with users’ privacy. A valuable solution to obtain traffic information preserving players’ anonymity may be provided by scanning radio signals emitted by commonly used on-board devices, which can be locally identified by their unique media access control address. In this solution, no personal, freight or vehicle information is collected. An uncommon application of bluetooth scanners for monitoring operation of truck flows inside terminals is presented, based on a simple methodology for data processing. The algorithm starts from the data collection and the selection of information at relevant points of the terminal, then the network observation is composed by matching the data recorded in connected points. Finally, key performance indicators are estimated, starting from vehicle trajectories, node by node, and their travel time. The method is applied with on-field tests in a large-size rail–road terminal, where the detected counting results are lower than the ground truth, being not all the users equipped with bluetooth devices; however, the pioneering application results replicable in other contexts related to logistics.
Monitoring truck's operations at freight intermodal terminals: traffic observation by scanning on-board devices
IET Intelligent Transport Systems ; 14 , 12 ; 1638-1646
2020-09-21
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
traffic information systems , telecommunication traffic , on-board devices , scanning on-board devices , large-size rail–road terminal , truck flow control , traffic observation , freight handling , monitoring operations , traffic information , road vehicles , transportation , media access control address , data collection , freight intermodal terminals , truck operation monitoring , Bluetooth , truck flow management , scanning radio signals , data processing , key performance indicators , bluetooth devices , on-field tests , goods distribution , network observation
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