Ohio DOT Wide Area Information Disseminator System - Wide Area Information Disseminator System Functionality
Subsystem Description
The 'Wide Area Information Disseminator System' represents the center based systems and communications equipment that is used to send messages to equipped vehicles using wide–area wireless communications such as satellite radio, terrestrial FM broadcast subcarrier, or cellular data networks.
Functional Object: WAID Broadcast Services
'WAID Broadcast Services' provides wide–area digital broadcast of traveler information to transportation users across a region. It collects traveler information of interest to clientele (either subscribers or the general public) and distributes the traveler information using broadcast data services that are offered in context with entertainment and other data services.