TAKEN: A Traffic Knowledge-Based Navigation System for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 2; p. 653
• Main Authors: Kamath B, Nikhil, Fernandes, Roshan, Rodrigues, Anisha P, Mahmud, Mufti, Vijaya, P, Gadekallu, Thippa Reddy, Kaiser, M Shamim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 06-01-2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Accidents, Traffic; Accuracy; Automation; Autonomous underwater vehicles; Autonomous Vehicles; Business metrics; Calibration; connected and autonomous vehicles; Connectivity; Controllers; Deep learning; High rise buildings; Kalman filters; Kinematics; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge sharing; Machine learning; Motor Vehicles; navigation; Navigation systems; Neural networks; Path planning; Planning; Sensors; Traffic; Traffic analysis; traffic knowledge sharing; Traffic models; Travel; Vehicles; Visual perception; connected and autonomous vehicles; deep learning; navigation; traffic knowledge sharing
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s23020653

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) have witnessed significant attention from industries, and academia for research and developments towards the on-road realisation of the technology. State-of-the-art CAVs utilise existing navigation systems for mobility and travel path planning. However, reliable connectivity to navigation systems is not guaranteed, particularly in urban road traffic environments with high-rise buildings, nearby roads and multi-level flyovers. In this connection, this paper presents TAKEN-Traffic Knowledge-based Navigation for enabling CAVs in urban road traffic environments. A traffic analysis model is proposed for mining the sensor-oriented traffic data to generate a precise navigation path for the vehicle. A knowledge-sharing method is developed for collecting and generating new traffic knowledge from on-road vehicles. CAVs navigation is executed using the information enabled by traffic knowledge and analysis. The experimental performance evaluation results attest to the benefits of TAKEN in the precise navigation of CAVs in urban traffic environments.