Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review
    Vol. 53 No. 3 (2016)   Commercial Aviation & Transportation Systems
    Technical Papers
    Application of Radio Frequency Identification Technology to Toll Collection System
    TATSUYA HIGUCHI
    KAZUYOSHI KITAJIMA
    KEIJI TERASAKA
    KYOKO OSHIMA
    SHINICHI MASUMOTO
    MASAFUMI SATO
    In recent years, electronic toll collection (ETC) systems that levy tolls using radio communication have been increasingly introduced in Asia in order to alleviate the traffic congestion that occurs at tollgates on expressways. However, there are cases where the growth of the penetration rate of ETC systems is sluggish because the ETC on board unit (OBU) is expensive. Under such a situation, the practical application of a toll collection system using a low-cost sticker-type RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag as an OBU can establish a system that benefits both expressway operators and users. This paper describes efforts toward the practical application of a toll collection system using RFID communication technology.

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