Tools for improvement of quality and quantity of traffic information provided in the RDS-TMC

The main objective of the project is to increase the traffic flow using transport telematics, by creating and deploying tools for improving the quality and quantity of traffic information in the RDS-TMC. Increasing the quantity of traffic information project enables by the development and deployment of RDS-TMC utilising ALERT Plus, optimised format that makes possible to effectively deliver more status oriented traffic information with lower latency. To the improvement of the quality of the RDS-TMC, the project has contributed by developing, deploying a system for automatic monitoring of technical quality of RDS-TMC service and by creating a methodology for encoding traffic information to the RDS-TMC and their interpretation in navigation devices. For manufacturers of navigation systems the methodology facilities, as a part of the test suite consisting also from transmitter and receiver, testing of RDS-TMC functionality of navigation devices. The participating provider of traffic information has provided a test bed for which the tools were developed in the project.