Patent ID: 8907813
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for improving traffic safety using beacons located at different points of a road network, the method comprising: wirelessly transmitting from each beacon a message including a respective identifier (ID receiving, at a terminal installed in a vehicle circulating in the road network, the message from a given one of the beacons including its identifier (ID once the terminal receives the message from the given one of the beacons, transmitting from the terminal to a mobile telephony network an identifier (ID in the mobile telephony network, calculating an average speed of the vehicle based on: in the mobile telephony network, determining a speed limit allowed for the vehicle at a point of the road network in which the vehicle is located; from the mobile telephony network, sending a speed limit message to the terminal in dependence upon the determined speed limit; once the terminal receives the message from the given one of the beacons, determining a distance (D in the mobile telephony network, determining a safety distance the vehicle has to maintain from vehicles ahead of the vehicle at said point of the road network; from the mobile telephony network, sending the safety distance to the terminal; and upon determining that the safety distance exceeds the distance (D