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

Municipal Maintenance Vehicles
Cranberry Maintenance Vehicles

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The maintenance and construction vehicle shall collect environmental data from on–board sensors, including air temperature, wind speed, surface temperature, traction conditions, etc.
2The maintenance and construction vehicle shall transmit environmental sensor data to the center. The sensor data includes location and timestamp information.
3The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the center.
4The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the center for repair.
5The maintenance and construction vehicle shall collect environmental data from sensors located at the roadway but are monitored on–board a maintenance and construction vehicle.
6The maintenance and construction vehicle shall be capable of accepting sensor control data from the center.
7The maintenance and construction vehicle shall provide control signals to environmental sensors located at the roadway.
8The maintenance and construction vehicle shall transmit environmental sensor data to roadside equipment. The sensor data includes location and timestamp information.