Towards safety and efficiency by assessment of positioning approaches for Enhanced navigation in road tunnels

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21260%2F25%3A00378189" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21260/25:00378189 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2024.106228" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2024.106228</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2024.106228" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.tust.2024.106228</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Towards safety and efficiency by assessment of positioning approaches for Enhanced navigation in road tunnels

Original language description

The main objective of this article is to provide an evaluation of appropriate technologies for positioning in road tunnels. In tunnels, there are even more strict requirements for operation and safety compared to regular road infrastructure. The operation, traffic efficiency, and safety could be increased by using technological equipment, intelligent transport systems, smart traffic solutions, navigations, etc. However, these require location information to run smoothly with their proper functionality. Positioning is based mainly on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) approach and is very common because of its availability. However, in tunnels, the GNSS signals are shielded by the tunnel structure, and thus the GNSS approach is inappropriate. The article points out that the alternative way of localization could have a profound impact and could be considered by policy makers, tunnel infrastructure directors, safety regulators, etc. In the article, the evaluation of alternative positioning approaches in the GNSS denied environment is presented. The evaluation was carried out using a comprehensive analysis with multi-criterial decisions based on the combination of the Saaty and Metfessel methods. According to the stated criteria, the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) based approach received the best overall evaluation score, and is 1.62 times more appropriate compared to other on average. The selection of BLE is caused mainly by its relatively low investment and operational costs, together with low requirements on its applicability in tunnels without any intervention or modification of existing or already deployed systems. The BLE based positioning is also available for a wide range of users. Therefore, the BLE based solution is proposed and presented by practical examples of experimental measurements in the Blanka tunnel.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

21100 - Other engineering and technologies

Project

<a href="/en/project/CK04000088" target="_blank" >CK04000088: Increasing of tunnel safety using continuous accurate vehicle location</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

ISSN

0886-7798

e-ISSN

1878-4364

Volume of the periodical

155

Issue of the periodical within the volume

106228

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001360665600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85209234172