Standards for the Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel 891684
The Radio Data System (RDS) consists of a silent data channel already being broadcast by most VHF-FM radio stations in the United Kingdom. One of the additional features currently being developed for RDS is the Traffic Message Channel (TMC). This will provide motorists with a constant stream of traffic information, either displayed on an in-vehicle receiver or by speech synthesis. Significant work has already been carried out on messages to be broadcast, location codes and message management issues for RDS-TMC, which is reported in this paper. Through the European DRIVE Road Transport Informatics project called RDS-ALERT (Advice and Problem Location for European Road Traffic), this work is now continuing toward standards for RDS-TMC throughout Europe.
Citation: Davies, P., Hill, C., and Klein, G., "Standards for the Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel," SAE Technical Paper 891684, 1989, https://doi.org/10.4271/891684. Download Citation
Author(s):
Peter Davies, Chris Hill, Grant Klein
Affiliated:
Castle Rock Consultants Leesburg, VA
Pages: 16
Event:
1989 Conference and Exposition on Future Transportation Technology
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Vehicle/Highway Automation-Technology and Policy Issues-SP-0791
Related Topics:
Radio equipment
Roads and highways
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