Amrita Research Labs Goes Wi-Fi
18 March 2005 — Madgaon, Goa
Amrita Research Labs (ARL),
the research-and-development wing of Amrita University,
has developed a revolutionary new Wi-Fi-based wireless
system of intelligent and interactive telematics for
Konkon Railways' SkyBus transportation network.
This Amrita-SkyBus system has been successfully
deployed at Konkan SkyBus 1.6 km-long test track
in Madgaon, Goa. This is an affordable but highly
effective telematics system that handles vehicle-tracking,
fleet-scheduling, traffic-management, education
and entertainment on wheels even in everyday
public-transportation vehicles.
Telematics is fast emerging as the most important
application of cutting-edge wireless and mobile
communication technologies in vehicular electronics,
road and rail transportation. Until recently, telematics
was primarily aiding navigation in luxury cars. |
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The SkyBus is a next-generation intelligent transportation
system of Konkan Railways that promises to solve the
congestion problem in Indian metros.
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Amrita Research Labs' Wi-Fi technology makes
the SkyBus transportation system more efficient,
user-friendly and provides security and value-added
services, such as location-tracking of SkyBus
coaches, voice and video communication between
a moving coach and the central-control station,
Internet access within a moving coach, and public
voice announcements, among others.
Throughout the test run, the entire system operated
flawlessly, maintaining seamless data connectivity,
even at speeds of 60 km per hour. |
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