MCV Environmental Monitoring Functional Area

Description

'MCV Environmental Monitoring' collects current road and surface weather conditions from sensors on–board the maintenance and construction vehicle or by querying fixed sensors on or near the roadway. Environmental information including road surface temperature, air temperature, and wind speed is measured and spatially located and time stamped, and reported back to a center.

Included In

WSDOT SWR Maintenance and Construction Vehicles
Clark County Maintenance Vehicle
City of Vancouver Maintenance Vehicle

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
01The maintenance and construction vehicle shall collect environmental data from on–board sensors, including air temperature, wind speed, surface temperature, traction conditions, etc.
02The maintenance and construction vehicle shall transmit environmental sensor data to the center. The sensor data includes location and timestamp information.
03The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the center.
04The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the center for repair.
05The maintenance and construction vehicle shall collect environmental data from sensors located at the roadway but are monitored on–board a maintenance and construction vehicle.
06The maintenance and construction vehicle shall be capable of accepting sensor control data from the center.
07The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide control signals to environmental sensors located at the roadway.
08The maintenance and construction vehicle shall transmit environmental sensor data to roadside equipment. The sensor data includes location and timestamp information.