Dynamic ground vehicle tracking and reporting system

摘要

A system and method are provided for implementing low-cost real-time or near real-time tracking of a plurality of vehicles operating in a confined area, including on an airport. A MESH-type of network is provided to allow for the deployment and integration of large numbers of low power (line of sight) radios. The disclosed systems and network architecture include vehicle-mounted integrated end-device radio/GPS/power/antenna units, fixed or mobile router/repeater devices and fixed network gateways/coordinator units with Internet connectivity that may communicate near real-time end device (vehicle) position/track information for display on a situational awareness display device. The device/vehicle position/track information includes latitude, longitude, speed, direction, time/date, and identification of the end device (vehicle) to a server system capable of managing access to received data as well as capable of displaying received data on the situational awareness display device and of archiving the received data for other analytical uses.

主权项

1. A system for geo-locating multiple vehicles operating in an area, comprising:
at least one fixed primary network communication node; a plurality of vehicle-mounted communication devices mounted one each on a plurality of vehicles, at least one of the plurality of vehicle-mounted communication devices for at least one of the plurality of vehicles being in line of sight communication with the at least one fixed primary network communication node; and a plurality of vehicle-mounted location devices mounted the plurality of vehicles, each of the plurality of vehicle-mounted location devices communicating with a respective one of the plurality of vehicle-mounted communication devices to provide geo-location information for a respective one of the plurality of vehicles, each of the plurality of vehicle-mounted communication devices and the at least one fixed primary network communication node operating as nodes of a wireless mesh network for providing geo-location information for each one of the plurality of vehicles to a centralized location via
(1) line of sight electronic communication between at least a first one of the plurality of vehicles and the at least one fixed primary network communication node when the at least the first one of the plurality of vehicles maintains line of sight to the at least one fixed primary network communication node; and(2) line of sight electronic communication between at least a second one of the plurality of vehicles and the at least the first one of the plurality of vehicles when the at least the second one of the plurality of vehicles is out of line of sight to the at least one fixed primary network communication node.