ROME – It was the important stage of the “International conference on electrical, computer, communications and mechatronics engineering” of Mauritius to underline the evolution of “Smart Road 4.0”, the innovative mobility and road safety system developed by Italian company T.net. Thanks to this system, based on Long Range (LoRa) technology, it is possible to considerably improve mobility and road safety in the context of Smart Roads, increasing the accuracy in locating interconnected vehicles from the current 200 meters up to 5 meters. T.net is an innovative SME specializing in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and digital transformation and is supported by Eit Digital, the leading European organization for digital innovation, which is a shareholder and partner.
In practice, the Smart Road 4.0 system will allow you to connect IoT devices in a much more efficient way than current traditional infrastructures. The LoRa technology on which the device is based has been perfected and improved by the engineers of T.net, does not require the presence of GPS, allows a wide range of action (up to 10 km in rural areas and 5-6 km in urban areas ), an accurate geolocation (5 mt), a reduced battery consumption and a protected and secure data transmission, with end-to-end encryption (only the subjects who are communicating can read the data).
“In the new system the values of the Radio signal strength indicator (Rssi) measured by the LoRa gateways are collected and used for the management of each of the road segments involved in a totally new way – explain the designers – The system is simple and intuitive and allows a constant monitoring and processing of data according to specific needs. A multitude of tests and performance optimization “.
The goal of Smart Roads is to interconnect and communicate the vehicles passing through them and there are weather and traffic detection systems, so that users can obtain real-time information on road conditions, traffic or other situations. Smart roads can then offer services, such as those for diverting traffic flows in the event of accidents, suggestions of alternative routes, and to avoid traffic, management of accesses, parking, refueling, and ad hoc interventions in the event of emergencies. Smart Road 4.0 was developed with an investment of over one million euros, by T.net in collaboration with the national inter-university consortium for telecommunications and the Dieei of the University of Catania. The system will be operational already during the year, as part of the futuristic project “Taormina City Tech”, the first prototype in Italy of a digital tourist city.
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