NTL Record

Title Intelligent transportation systems data compression using wavelet decomposition technique.
Record ID 32805
Personal Name
Creator
Qiao, Fengxiang; Liu, Hao; Yu, Lei
Corporate Creator Texas Southern University
Publisher Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
Publication Date 20091200
Language English
Abstract Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) generates massive amounts of traffic data, which posts challenges for data storage, transmission and retrieval. Data compression and reconstruction technique plays an important role in ITS data procession. Traditional compression methods have been utilized in Transportation Management Centers (TMCs), but the data redundancy and compression efficiency problems remain. In this report, the wavelet incorporated ITS data compression method is initiated. The proposed method not only makes use of the conventional compression techniques but, in addition, incorporates the one-dimensional discrete wavelet compression approach. Since the desired wavelet compression is a lossy algorithm, the balancing between the compression ratio and the signal distortion is exceedingly important. During the compression process, the determination of the threshold is the key issue that affects both the compression ratio and the signal distortion. An algorithm is proposed that can properly select the threshold by balancing the two contradicted aspects. Three performance indexes are constructed and the relationships between the three indices and the threshold are identified in the algorithm. A MATLAB program with the name Wavelet Compression for ITS Data (WCID) has been developed to facilitate the compression tests. A case study on TransGuide ITS data was put into play and a final compression ratio of less than one percent on the trade-off threshold value shows that the proposed approach is practical. Finally, the threshold selection algorithm can be further tuned up utilizing Autoregressive model so that the quality of reconstructed data can be improved with a minor overhead of saving only a few parameters.
Rosap ID dot:5751
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5751
TRT Terms Traffic data; Data compression; Wavelets; Intelligent transportation systems
General Subjects Intelligent transportation systems; Data compression (Computer science)
Classification NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;
NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - Information Management
Geographical
Coverage
Texas
OCLC 653241753
Contract Number 10727
Report Number SWUTC/09/167651-1
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/32000/32800/32805/167651-1.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository