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Principle of the SPaT information determination.

Principle of the SPaT information determination.

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Level crossing is an interface between road and rail environments. It is obvious that in the future autonomous cars cannot avoid level crossings. So far, very little attention is put on investigating how autonomous car can pass level crossings and especially the unprotected ones. Today the vast amount of level crossings are still unprotected. This...

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... the Junavaro system was modified to provide necessary phase and time information. The principle of the SPaT calculation is shown in Figure 5. Junavaro system can show arrival times and directions for all trains approaching the LC. ...

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