EUREKA PROJECT > 4939 TRANSPORT
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Development of a real-time transportation network management solution with adaptive analysis based modelling and prediction capabilities to attain sustainable performance and safety.
Status > ANNOUNCED - 24-Jun-2010 Technological Area Market Area Start Date > 01-Feb-2010 Duration > 30 Months Participating countries > RUSSIAN FEDERATION, GERMANY | Main contactResearch and Production GroupTradition JSC Dr. Anton Panfilov > President http://www.tradition.ru; eng.tradition.ru Organisation type > SME |
Project Description
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in modern understanding is a whole set of organisational and technological solutions focused on reaching maximum efficiency of existing transportation infrastructures, targeting their optimised development to provide best throughput with less resource, top people and environmental safety. Interest in ITS comes from the problems caused by traffic congestion worldwide and the capability of new information and communication technologies to provide solutions, thanks to the latest developments in high performance computing and AI (Artificial Intelligence), geo-information and satellite navigation technologies, sensor networks and broadband wireless communications. The main purpose of this project, proposed by the Russian-German partnership within the framework of the international program "EUREKA Transport", is to develop optimising real-time traffic control technologies based on methods of analysis and planning, simulation and proactive infrastructure management within the rapidly changing conditions of the global markets. Another important task to be done within the framework of this project is the improvement and modernisation of information systems used by the stakeholders of the transportation industry, as well as synchronisation of organisational and technological, legal and financial procedures through creation of an integrated information and service-oriented medium that will provide effective mechanisms of coordination of Russian and European business processes within the transportation field. This task can be achieved by developing and expanding the segment of highly-technological services to ensure effective cooperation between companies and between the government and the private sector in transportation and related segments. The planned end-result of the project is the creation of a high-technological services platform as well as an analytical competence centre that will develop and implement this platform. The countries that will participate in this project are: 1. Germany 2. Russian Federation To ensure successful project implementation, it is necessary to analyse the following founding aspects: a) Administrative and legal support, resource supplies available in the given infrastructure (current status and methods of synchronising development strategies, administration and legal regulations, characteristics and perspectives of social and economic development); b) Technical support (level of development and characteristics of technology implementation process). EU regulation policies in terms of ITS are defined by the following documents: "European transportation policy for 2010: time to decide", Energy and Transport Directive 2001-2006, development strategy and mechanisms of realisation are defined by the EU 7th framework programme 2007-2013. Russian transportation policy is defined by the document - "Strategy of Transport Development in the Russian Federation through to 2030". The proposed optimisation platform of technological services encompasses a number of fields including information support and management of urban transportation systems, as well as the logistic organisation of goods transportation and passenger flows. Such optimisation can be fulfilled based on the following methods and technologies: the analysis of transport knowledge databases, vehicle monitoring, the infrastructure working condition analysis and forecasts and the intelligent agents (multi-agent coordinators) technologies that are all meant to coordinate transportation business processes in real-time. The centre of competence is meant to ensure effective work of the mechanisms meant for coordination of Russian and European transportation industry standards and regulations.
Technological Development Envisaged
From our point of view, the anticipated technological development of transportation systems and the industry overall can be achieved by applying the following innovative technical solutions: 1. Dynamic integration of the information systems of all departments, service offices and companies responsible for operation, development and security of the transport infrastructure. Organisation of retrospective and up-to-date knowledge databases based upon semantic data models and organisation of consulting services would accomplish the feasibility of predictive stakeholder notification (government and commercial freight and passenger carriers, private drivers and travellers) regarding road conditions and proactive management of transport infrastructure. These are known as Transport Knowledge Bases (TKB). 2. Rationalisation of methods of information collection and processing based upon integration of the market leading sensor networks technologies, systems of robotic vision, traffic monitoring and satellite navigation, and deployment of active traffic management systems through dispatching using the principles of situational modelling based on time and spatial geo-information systems and consolidation of real-time information flows received from the infrastructure and the vehicles. These are known as Intelligent Engineering Platforms (IEP). Our alliance plans to introduce its own and partners' technologies and integrate them with the best solutions available on the market in order to offer an optimised country-specific solution according to the following criteria: cost, time, technological compatibility, license requirements and software standards of the given country. 3. Organisation of the hierarchical analytical centre of expertise and real-time support (ACES) for convenience of all traffic flow participants. The distinctive feature of this solution is the use of intelligent software agents for mining and aggregating data from information systems of various logistics suppliers, ITS technology providers and transport industry regulators and then finding optimal solutions for the user-defined tasks. This analytical centre of key competencies will become a consulting-based alliance between the government and private sectors, consolidating the efforts of the transport industry participants and its regulators. For tech support, a highly-efficient multi-service portal will be deployed based on rugged platforms of continuous service. The services are online-based providing real-time user cooperation and the capability of receiving optimal offers and adjusting orders in case of any failures/disruptions in the planned logistics chain operation such as changes in freight costs, border closures, etc. In-built services include e-transactions and electronic document flow based on global id centres minimising time spent on freight/brokerage fees and document processing.
Main contactBeltronic Industrial Technologies GmbH Dr. Boris Linschitz > Managing Director Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
The organisation designs and manufactures ruggedized computers and workstations and plans and implements catastrophe-resistant IT (Information Technology) security systems relying on its own developments and the technologies of Lampertz (Rittal). BELTRONIC's computer systems are tested and certified according to military specifications (shockproof, resistant to vibrations and extreme temperatures) with an IP-class protection (resistance to dust and humidity) rating of 65 and higher. BELTRONIC offers modularly constructed IT security rooms with different levels of protection from basic to high-availability protection and infrastructure solutions for energy, cooling, uninterruptible power supply and surveillance. The modular security solutions can be flexibly adapted to structural specifications. To develop these catastrophe-resistant computer and security systems, BELTRONIC has devised a systematically managed innovation process. Innovative management ensures that new technologies are tested right from the beginning with regards to their market chances and their usefulness for customers. Suitable inventions are purposefully supported and developed until they enter serial production. In the framework of this project, BELTRONIC as the main German project participant will design and manufacture all the equipment necessary, such as onboard units, video cameras (for automatic vehicle recognition and classification), various sensors and ruggedized workstations for roadside installation terminals that will be exploited in outdoor conditions and thus will require extra protection from the extreme weather conditions. Modular IT security solutions will be required to guarantee uninterrupted online real-time service provided by the Analytical Centre of Expertise and Support and protection of the IT equipment. IT security solutions will include: uninterrupted reserve power supply, a climate control system, fire prevention and extinguishing system, access control, etc. The expertise and know-how of BELTRONIC will allow the project partners to create a catastrophe-resistant modern data centre of reserve power supply and thus ensure data and system security of the analytical centre of expertise that can guarantee its clients a timely information exchange in real-time between the vehicles and infrastructure. This architecture can provide the foundation for developing fully automated or combined transport systems - driverless vehicles with sophisticated applications such as parking assistance, collision avoidance, intelligent speed adaptation, etc.
Expertise
BELTRONIC GMBH was founded in 1991 in GERMANY with its head office in Lottstetten. It focused on production, development, sales and marketing subsidiaries in Frankfurt, Paris and Scandinavia. The company specialises in design, development and manufacturing of rugged computer systems, including customisable displays, PCs (Personal Computers), notebooks and workstations for industrial and military use. BELTRONIC's computers perform under the most demanding environmental conditions and are resistant to humidity, dust, shock and vibration and have been tested according to military standards and specifications - MIL-STD810F. Many of the products also have IP (Internet Protocol) protection class of up to 67. BELTRONIC's products can be found in military applications, in industrial automation, transportation and logistics, healthcare and medical sectors, public safety, telecommunications - on land, at sea and in the air. Due to many years of experience and profound know-how, BELTRONIC is able to not only fulfil standard customer requirements, but also offer individual specifically designed solutions. Rugged and lightweight Beltronic Portables and Displays have been selected by numerous major European and American blue-chip companies as being their standard portable and mobile platforms.
Main contactResearch and Production GroupTradition JSC Dr. Anton Panfilov > President http://www.tradition.ru; eng.tradition.ru Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
The organisation as main participant will be responsible for full realisation and project implementation, and for integration of its international partners' technologies into a coordinated and integrated platform of hi-tech global and LBS (Location Based Services) services. TRADITION will also work on the development of Intelligent Engineering Platforms (IEP). IEP will be based upon the company's patented innovative solutions and developments. The first solution is a system of situational modelling, analysis and visualisation using four-dimensional geo-information systems in an augmented and virtual reality medium. This system is known as GeoMan. This system of computer modelling is based on real geospatial data like 3D models, photographs, video and topological information, extended with real world or virtual objects. The spatial real-time model can potentially provide fully automated traffic & transport management using high-precision positioning equipment and methods of situational analysis and 3D modelling. As a result of such modelling, an optimal virtual model of an existing transportation infrastructure is generated, based upon the input criteria and risks, that allows for creating a complete regional infrastructure management system in real time under the condition of continuous update and actualisation of spatial and metadata objects. The second solution is the company's own developments in the area of automatic object recognition including automatic registration plate recognition. The company is presently working on enhancing its ANPR system and transforming it into a self-learning universal analytical recognition system (URSA). It is a system that provides authentic and instant recognition of any object within a huge data stream of objects (any kinds, sorts, conditions) and provides the resulting output in the form requested by the user, at the same time, generating a database of the results. The system is based on the artificial neural network model that allows for creating an adaptive system, which changes its structure based on external/internal information that flows through it during the learning phase. This solution can be implemented to build ITS systems to control, search and track vehicles and provide a traffic management tool for highways, motorways or control posts. The third solution is the company's s interactive vehicle tracking system - Lockey - which works through GSM using the General Packet Radio System (GPRS), the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Internet. Lockey is a complete map-based tracking system with monitoring information available real-time 24/7. The advantage of Lockey over other products is the lower cost of onboard units and their maintenance, high reliability, expanded functions of the onboard units including a security alarm, a system of monitoring and telematic control of the vehicle. The system is effective in completing various transport logistics tasks such as container movement control, fuel and mileage tracking and other operational factors. The latest versions of the system will include the possibility of exchanging information between vehicles using short-range communicators (DSRC) such as infrared and microwave receivers; and between vehicles and infrastructure using Digital Media Broadcasting - terrestrial and satellite (DMB-T/DMB-S) and Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB), which is presently in the introduction phase as the successor of the old FM radio standard. The system considered for bi-directional mobile voice and data communication is GSM/UMTS based on terrestrial mobile networks. In order to cover these communication requirements, the onboard unit will have to combine a minimum of 5 systems (DMB/DAB, AM/FM Radio, DSRC, GSM/UMTS, GPS), in a single compact device of aesthetical and aerodynamic design.
Expertise
TRADITION GROUP stands at the foundation of the Russian information and telecommunications market and has been one of its leaders since 1993. The company's expertise and core business lie in the following areas: - Various server solutions, cluster solutions, ruggedized computer systems and workstations and supercomputers; - Secure tracking systems and systems of navigation; - Intelligent marketing technologies and management of electronic advertisement platforms; - Geo-information management technologies; - Situational and dispatch services, call-centre services; - Vehicle and container monitoring and telematic services. Among the company's international partners are MiTAC International Corp., Chenbro, Microsoft, Beltronic GmbH. TRADITION also works closely with the Fraunhofer ICT Alliance on joint projects. The company has completed a number of R&D projects for government needs in the scientific and technical areas. The company has cooperative close ties with well-known universities and research institutes, such as Moscow State University (MGU), the Technical University of Dubna, Russian Institute of Radionavigation and time (RIRV) and Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM). The company participates in annual international exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences, such as CeBIT, Hannover Messe, SIMO, etc.
Main contactFraunhaufer Application Centre for Logistics / Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Mr. Uwe Meinberg > Managing Director Organisation type > Research Institute |
Contribution to project
The Institute (ALI) presently specialises in the organisation and planning of intelligent logistics systems in airports. Using the latest technologies of moving object recognition (passenger and transport flows), ALI creates analytical models with the possibility of simulating movement and behaviour of various objects and then generates various scenarios for the purpose of effective planning of the logistics processes and optimisation of objects' movements for increasing the overall safety level in airports. TRADITION JSC plans to apply the technologies of ALI for modelling and optimising the flow of people, goods and vehicles within the central infrastructure nodes, in particular, in city-centres, airports and railroad terminals for further implementation in RUSSIA and abroad. ALI also contributes to this project its multi-agent personal planner technology that has been successfully applied to develop complex systems for dynamic planning of the movement schedules of tankers, trucks and taxi fleets, and other businesses operating hundreds of resources and thousands of orders in real time. The multi-agent planners are intelligent software robots that can dig through loads of unsorted, repetitive and unstructured data, analyse it and produce a user wanted result. These agents study their users' preferences, interact and cooperate with each other and with various information systems and extract the information according to their users' preferences. These proposed multi-agent personal planners will be integrated with satellite navigation systems offered by TRADITION JSC and its technology Lockey, statistical transport knowledge bases (which can be filled with structured data by intelligent search robots according to the set criteria), information and communications mobile devices and electronic maps with POI and in-built functions of optimal route search given road and weather conditions. Road data will be received in real-time from continuous vehicle monitoring and from statistical transport knowledge bases. Road forecast data will be received from the system of modelling transport flows of ALI. Weather data can be continuously extracted and updated by the intelligent robots from meteorological and weather information systems. Such integrated system will allow coordinating and planning vehicle and people's movement throughout the city thus allowing decreasing the overall quantity of vehicles on the road, increasing road capacity and safety and decreasing congestion and pollution. During the project it is also planned to develop a multimodal transportation intelligent planner that will help people plan and optimise not only their travel by car, but also travel by train, airplane and bus.
Expertise
ALI is part of the FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT SOCIETY, founded in 1949 in GERMANY and comprising of 80 research subdivisions, with subsidiaries in the U.S.A., RUSSIA, CHINA and INDONESIA. Core business areas at international level include: microelectronics, production and logistics, information and communication technologies, material flow, medical and biological sciences, photo-electronics and surfaces technology, e-government, research in the field of defence and security. The main fields of activity of the FRAUNHOFER LOGISTICS CENTER are distribution planning, network planning, telematics and information systems for transportation logistics, transport chain design and consultancy for logistics sites. Logistics Centre Portfolio: - Optimisation of business processes (on the plane, at airport terminals, in the building); - Design of the transportation equipment; - Topographic optimisation; - Functional area planning; - Passenger flow optimisation through reception of data using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technologies, aggregation and analysis and further modelling of passenger movement; - Optimisation of goods movement; - Information systems; - Security; - Project management.