A Mobile Electronic Toll Collection for E-Commerce Applications
Chin E. Lin, Ling Yan Bi · Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research · 2008
This paper establishes a new mobile electronic toll collection (m-ETC) by integrating mobile communication with radio frequency (RF) communication on microprocessor control with an e-commerce business model.A simple ETC system architecture and protocol for e-transactions from vehicles to toll stations is proposed to complete toll interaction on wireless environment.A software flow through Internet is developed to link from toll station roadside units (RSU) to car units.A car unit (CU) for vehicle, a pair of roadside units (RSU), and an e-Center are established.A data flow and an interaction protocol are created.The proposed m-ETC system can be applied to different toll/charge systems with appropriate hardware and software.Some simulation test results verify basic system performance on ETC applications.A new business model for the proposed m-ETC is organized and discussed with feasibility analysis in e-commerce demonstration.