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Personal Basic Information Reception

This equipment package receives formatted traffic advisories, road conditions, transit information, broadcast alerts, and other general traveller information broadcasts and presents the information to the traveller. The traveller information broadcasts are received by personal devices including personal computers and personal portable devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and pagers.

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Service Packages:

Functionality:

Functional Requirements:
  1. The personal traveller interface shall receive traffic information from a centre and present it to the traveller.
  2. The personal traveller interface shall receive transit information from a centre and present it to the traveller.
  3. The personal traveller interface shall receive event information from a centre and present it to the traveller.
  4. The personal traveller interface shall receive evacuation information from a centre and present it to the traveller.
  5. The personal traveller interface shall receive wide-area alerts and present it to the traveller.
  6. The personal traveller interface shall provide the capability for digitized map data to act as the background to the information presented to the traveller.
  7. The personal traveller interface shall support traveller input in audio or manual form.
  8. The personal traveller interface shall present information to the traveller in audible or visual forms, consistent with a personal device.
PSpecs:

Inputs/Outputs (Included Architecture Flows)

Source Architecture Flow Destination
Information Service Provider broadcast traveller information this architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards Personal Information Access
Information Service Provider emergency traveller information Personal Information Access
Personal Information Access traveller interface updates Traveller
Traveller traveller inputs Personal Information Access

- This icon indicates that the associated architecture flow either has been or will be addressed by ITS Standards. Select the architecture flow for more information on relevant standards activities.
Date Modified: 2010-11-05

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