Application
#3:
ETC
ETC
•Electronic Toll
Collection System
•Problem
Addressed:
–Increase
interoperability among ETC devices for vehicle-to-roadside communication using 5.9
GHz bandwidth
•Description
–Current 915 MHz ETC
systems rely on proprietary vehicle-to-roadside communications, limiting
interoperability
–Enable toll authority to
accept electronic payments from vehicles equipped with electronic-payment
services (EPS), regardless of EPS account ownership
–Presents payment
instructions to the driver, receives driver input, send payment authorization
and display toll payment status to the driver
–Could be implemented in
conjunction with managed or HOT lane concepts
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