# A vehicle-to-infrastructure communication based algorithm for urban traffic control

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel vehicle-to-infrastructure communication algorithm for urban traffic control that optimizes traffic light phases based on connected vehicle data, improving traffic flow and communication performance.

## Contribution

The paper presents a new algorithm for urban traffic light control utilizing vehicle-to-infrastructure communication at equipped junctions, integrating mixed traffic and infrastructure types.

## Key findings

- Improved mean travel time and vehicle throughput in simulations.
- Enhanced communication performance metrics like delay and throughput.
- High gains in traffic efficiency when extending control to larger networks.

## Abstract

We present in this paper a new algorithm for urban traffic light control with mixed traffic (communicating and non communicating vehicles) and mixed infrastructure (equipped and unequipped junctions). We call equipped junction here a junction with a traffic light signal (TLS) controlled by a road side unit (RSU). On such a junction, the RSU manifests its connectedness to equipped vehicles by broadcasting its communication address and geographical coordinates. The RSU builds a map of connected vehicles approaching and leaving the junction. The algorithm allows the RSU to select a traffic phase, based on the built map. The selected traffic phase is applied by the TLS; and both equipped and unequipped vehicles must respect it. The traffic management is in feedback on the traffic demand of communicating vehicles. We simulated the vehicular traffic as well as the communications. The two simulations are combined in a closed loop with visualization and monitoring interfaces. Several indicators on vehicular traffic (mean travel time, ended vehicles) and IEEE 802.11p communication performances (end-to-end delay, throughput) are derived and illustrated in three dimension maps. We then extended the traffic control to a urban road network where we also varied the number of equipped junctions. Other indicators are shown for road traffic performances in the road network case, where high gains are experienced in the simulation results.