Flexible Real-Time Environment for Traffic Control Systems

Objective

The system will have three basic components:

a set of radar sensors
a parallel data processing system based on Transputers
a real-time user console

The parallel data processing system is being developed as an image processor on a configurable parallel architecture. The real-time user console performs synthetic data fusion, rendering of classified objects and graphics. The development is supported by a hard real-time development environment with mechanisms for scheduling and interprocess communication. A radar simulator collects scenarios to be used for validation and performance evaluation.

Work has now proceeded to the integration phase, having successfully completed the development of the individual system components.

The first prototype system will be targeted at vessel traffic control applications. Post-project exploitation plans currently go in the direction of customisation and tuning of the vessel traffic control application and reuse of parts of the real-time console for a training application and simulator.

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

Coordinator

RIGEL ENGINEERING SA

Address

Avenue Rogier, 385
1030 Bruxelles
Belgium

Participants (5)

Alenia Un'Azienda Finmeccanica SpA

Italy

Address

Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski 92
00100 Roma

Azienda dei Mezzi Meccanici e dei Magazzini del Porto di La Spezia

Italy

Address

Calata Paita Porto Mercantile
19100 La Spezia

SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S. ANNA DI PISA

Italy

Address

Piazza Martiri Della Libertà 33
56127 Pisa

Teclab Srl

Italy

Address

Località Lagoscuro
19020 Ceparana La Spezia

Università degli Studi di Pisa

Italy

Address

Lungarno Pacinotti 43
56100 Pisa