A Fully-distributed Traffic Management System to Improve the Overall Traffic Efficiency

In recent years, the number of vehicles has increased faster than the available infrastructure. Consequently, traffic congestion has become a daily problem affecting several aspects of modern society, including regional economic development. In this way, Traffic Management System (TMS) have been proposed to improve the traffic efficient and minimize traffic congestion problems. These systems rely on gather traffic-related data in a central entity to identify congestion and suggest alternative routes. However such approach adds load in communication channel depending on the traffic density. In this way, this paper introduces FASTER, a fully-distributed TMS to improve the overall vehicle traffic efficiency that does not overloads the communication channel, providing a suitable distributed solution. Simulation results indicate that our FASTER outperforms the assessed solutions in different scenarios and in different key requirements of TMS.