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Standards for the Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel
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The Radio Data System (RDS) consists of a silent data channel already being broadcast by most VHF-FM radio stations in the United Kingdom. One of the additional features currently being developed for RDS is the Traffic Message Channel (TMC). This will provide motorists with a constant stream of traffic information, either displayed on an in-vehicle receiver or by speech synthesis. Significant work has already been carried out on messages to be broadcast, location codes and message management issues for RDS-TMC, which is reported in this paper. Through the European DRIVE Road Transport Informatics project called RDS-ALERT (Advice and Problem Location for European Road Traffic), this work is now continuing toward standards for RDS-TMC throughout Europe.
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Davies, P., Hill, C., and Klein, G., "Standards for the Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel," SAE Technical Paper 891684, 1989, https://doi.org/10.4271/891684.Also In
References
- Castle Rock Consultants Radio data system traffic message channel, Final Report to the Commission of the European Communities 1988
- European Broadcasting Union Specification of the radio data system (RDS) for VHF/FM sound broadcasting 1984
- Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research and Development Highway advisory radio message development guide, Report 8 FHWA/RD-82/059 1982
- Transport and Road Research Laboratory Report of the working group on the broadcasting of traffic information, TRRL Supplementary Report 506 1979