This element represents the Connected Vehicle roadside devices that are used to send messages to, and receive messages from, nearby vehicles using Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) or other alternative wireless communications technologies. Communications with adjacent field equipment and back office centers that monitor and control the RSE are also supported. This device operates from a fixed position and may be permanently deployed or a portable device that is located temporarily in the vicinity of a traffic incident, road construction, or a special event. It includes a processor, data storage, and communications capabilities that support secure communications with passing vehicles, other field equipment, and centers.
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| ITS Communications Support | 'ITS Communications Support' provides means to send and receive messages to and from other ITS Objects. It provides mechanisms for scheduling and prioritizing communications traffic. It may also provide relay functions. | False |
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| RSE Automated Vehicle Operations | 'RSE Automated Vehicle Operations' includes the field elements that monitor and control access to and egress from automated lanes. It monitors and coordinates automated vehicle operations within the lanes. These lanes support vehicles operating in platoons with short headways. | False |
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| RSE CACC Operations | 'RSE CACC Operations' provides infrastructure support for formation and dissolution of strings of CACC–equipped vehicles and provides operating parameters to the strings of vehicles including string length, recommended speeds, and gaps. | False |
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| RSE Communications Relay | 'RSE Communications Relay' provides message relay services that extend effective communications range to improve communications systems performance and robustness. It also supports safety applications such as wrong way vehicle detection and other applications where roadside communication of warnings beyond DSRC range are needed to compensate for high speeds or line of site/RF interference challenges. | False |
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| RSE Environmental Monitoring | 'RSE Environmental Monitoring' collects environmental situation (probe) data from passing vehicles that are equipped with short range communications capability. The collected data includes current environmental conditions as measured by on–board sensors (e.g., ambient temperature and precipitation measures), current status of vehicle systems that can be used to infer environmental conditions (e.g., status of lights, wipers, ABS, and traction control systems), and emissions measures reported by the vehicle. The functional object collects the provided data, aggregates and filters the data based on provided configuration parameters, and sends the collected information back to a center for processing and distribution. This functional object may also process the collected data locally and issue short–term road weather advisories for the road segment using short range communications. | False |
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| RSE Incident Scene Safety | 'RSE Incident Scene Safety' communicates with Connected Vehicles and Personal Information Devices carried or worn by public safety responders to detect vehicle intrusions in designated work areas at an incident scene and warn responders and drivers of imminent encroachment. Public safety responder movements are also monitored so that the responders can be warned of movement beyond the designated safe zone. | False |
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| RSE Infrastructure Monitoring | 'RSE Infrastructure Monitoring' collects environmental situation (probe) data from passing vehicles that are equipped with short range communications capability with particular focus on measures that may indicate infrastructure condition. The collected data includes current environmental conditions as measured by on–board sensors (e.g., ambient temperature and precipitation measures) and current status of vehicle systems that can be used to infer infrastructure condition (e.g., status of ABS, traction control systems, vertical acceleration measures) as reported by the vehicle. This functional object also supports short range communications with maintenance and construction vehicles, providing local control and monitoring of infrastructure sensors. | False |
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| RSE Intersection Management | 'RSE Intersection Management' uses short range communications to support connected vehicle applications that manage signalized intersections. It communicates with approaching vehicles and ITS infrastructure (e.g., the traffic signal controller) to enhance traffic signal operations. Coordination with the ITS infrastructure also supports conflict monitoring to ensure the RSE output and traffic signal control output are consistent and degrade in a fail safe manner. | False |
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| RSE Intersection Safety | 'RSE Intersection Safety' uses short range communications to support connected vehicle applications that improve intersection safety. It communicates with approaching vehicles and ITS infrastructure to alert and warn drivers of potential stop sign, red light, and non–motorized user crossing conflicts or violations. | False |
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| RSE Map Management | 'RSE Map Management' provides the map functionality necessary to support map data updates to passing vehicles. It collects current map and geometry data and provides current map and geometry data to connected vehicles. | False |
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| RSE Parking Management | 'RSE Parking Management' monitors the basic safety messages generated by connected vehicles to detect vehicles parking and maintain and report spaces that are occupied by connected vehicles. It also uses short range communications to provide parking information to vehicles. | False |
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| RSE Position Correction Support | 'RSE Position Correction Support' broadcasts differential positioning data to enable precise locations to be determined by passing vehicles, supporting Connected Vehicle applications that require highly accurate positioning. The differential positioning data may be calculated directly by a precisely located RSE that is operating as a reference station or received from an external reference station and relayed to passing vehicles. | False |
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| RSE Rail Crossing Warning | 'RSE Rail Crossing Warning' is a connected vehicle application that improves safety at rail crossings. It communicates with wayside equipment that detects or communicates with approaching trains. It provides rail crossing warnings and train arrival information to approaching vehicles and monitors connected vehicles that may intrude on the crossing. | False |
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| RSE Restricted Lanes Application | The 'RSE Restricted Lanes Application' uses short range communications to monitor and manage dynamic and static restricted lanes. It collects vehicle profile information from vehicles entering the lanes and monitors vehicles within the lanes, providing aggregate data to the back office center. It provides lane restriction information and signage data to the vehicles and optionally identifies vehicles that violate the current lane restrictions. These functions are performed based on operating parameters provided by the back office managing center(s). | False |
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| RSE Road Closure Management | 'RSE Road Closure Management' communicates with qualified Connected Vehicles and barrier control systems to support local road closure management. It validates and requests implementation of road closure requests. During a closure, it can also support selective access to the closed area, only granting entry permission to allowed vehicles. | False |
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| RSE Situation Monitoring | 'RSE Situation Monitoring' is a general functional object that supports collection of traffic, environmental, and emissions data from passing vehicles. The data is collected, filtered, and forwarded based on parameters provided by the back office. Parameters are provided to passing vehicles that are equipped to collect and send situation data to the infrastructure in snapshots. In addition, this object collects current status information from local field devices including intersection status, sensor data, and signage data, providing complete, configurable monitoring of the situation for the local transportation system in the vicinity of the RSE. | False |
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| RSE Speed Management | 'RSE Speed Management' provides infrastructure information including road grade, roadway geometry, road weather information, and current speed limits to assist vehicles in maintaining safe speeds and headways. It also provides speed recommendations to vehicles based on current conditions and overall speed limits and strategies established by the back office. | False |
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| RSE Speed Warning | 'RSE Speed Warning' notifies connected vehicles that are approaching a reduced speed zone, providing: (1) the zone's current posted speed limit and (2) any roadway configuration changes associated with the reduced speed zone (e.g., lane closures, lane shifts) if applicable, and (3) associated warning information (i.e., the reason for the reduced speed warning). Configuration parameters that define the applicable speed limit(s), geographic location and extent of the reduced speed zone, and roadway configuration information are received from a center or provided through a local interface. The characteristics of individual vehicles may also be monitored and used to warn vehicles with specific limitations that reduce safe operating speeds, (e.g., rollover risk for tall vehicles). This functional object works in conjunction with the 'Roadway Speed Monitoring and Warning' functional object, which uses traditional ITS field equipment to warn non–equipped vehicles. | False |
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| RSE Support Services | 'RSE Support Services' provides foundational functions that support data collection, management, location reference, timing, and data distribution. It coordinates with Support subsystems to maintain necessary registrations with respect to location and scope. It maintains precise location and time information to support other services. | False |
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| RSE Transit User Guidance | 'RSE Transit User Guidance' uses short range communications to provide terminal or stop–specific guidance to transit user devices that assists users in finding the right stop and the right bus. Optionally, this object can collect the transit user location and planned itinerary so that tailored guidance can be provided. | False |
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| RSE Traveler Information Communications | 'RSE Traveler Information Communications' includes field elements that distribute information to vehicles for in–vehicle display. The information may be provided by a center (e.g., variable information on traffic and road conditions in the vicinity of the field equipment) or it may be determined and output locally (e.g., static sign information and signal phase and timing information). This includes the interface to the center or field equipment that controls the information distribution and the short range communications equipment that provides information to passing vehicles. | False |
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| RSE Work Zone Safety | 'RSE Work Zone Safety' communicates with Connected Vehicles and Personal Information Devices carried or worn by the work crew to detect vehicle intrusions in work zones and warn crew workers and drivers of imminent encroachment. Crew movements are also monitored so that the crew can be warned of movement beyond the designated safe zone. | False |
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| RSE Wrong Way Vehicle Warning | 'RSE Wrong Way Vehicle Warning' detects and warns wrong way vehicles using V2I communications. It provides an interface with other field equipment that detects wrong way vehicles using infrastructure–based sensors. | False |
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