x-Roadway Environment - Roadway Environment Functionality
Terminator Description
This terminator represents the physical condition and geometry of the road surface and the conditions surrounding the roadway. The geometry of the roadway and the road surface characteristics must be sensed and interpreted to support automated vehicle control services. Surrounding conditions may include fog, ice, snow, rain, wind, etc. which will influence the way in which a vehicle can be safely operated on the roadway. The condition of the roadway must be monitored by the architecture to enable corrective action and information dissemination regarding roadway conditions which may adversely affect travel. This physical interface carries these physical condition and geometry attributes which must be sensed, interpreted, and processed by functions internal to the system to achieve ITS User Service functionality.