Network Monitor and Network Manager
Network Monitor and Network Manager
Different traffic data streams come together in the Network Monitor. It combines the data and thus determines the current state of the network. And, if possible, it also calculates the predicted state. The Network Monitor can, for example, use the data measured in the air to determine that the contamination in the air is rising in a specific location. In addition, the system also monitors the intensity of different traffic modalities.
The Network Monitor sends the current and predicted state values to the Network Manager. This is the heart of the system. The Network Manager compares state values with predetermined performance values (KPIs) and determines whether there is a problem state threat. If that is the case, corrections are required in order to get back to the KPIs. A problem state can, for instance, be a case of air contamination surpassing the threshold in a location, or too much car traffic in relation to bicycles in the city center, or a high traffic intensity level on access roads due to a soccer match. When there is a problem state looming, the Network Manager generates public and private service requests that are processed by traffic centers and service providers, respectively.
Public vs. private service requests
The service requests of the Network Manager are designed to proactively adjust the traffic on the network to prevent or solve the problem state. Since the system operates network-wide, it becomes possible to intervene in a coordinated manner. This prevents that any measures result in new problems anywhere else on the network.
Public service requests are passed onto the traffic center by the Network Manager. These can then take measures through information panels and ramp metering.
Private service requests are communicated to traffic participants through service providers such as TomTom through navigational systems or mobile devices. This has the benefit of influencing only part of the traffic, for example, by advising TomTom users to take an alternative route. This decreases the pressure on a particular route without overloading the alternative route.
Successful pilots
Our Network Monitor and Network Manager have shown a successful, network-wide, coordinated approach in theSOCRATES2.0-pilots.
The Network Monitor in Copenhagen and the Network Manager in both Copenhagen as Amsterdam.
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