US-based wireless connectivity company Zebra Technologies has joined Singapore’s Smart Mobility Test Bed Consortium, which was jointly started by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and NXP Semiconductors.

Zebra has provided its wireless infrastructure for the test bed, which is an intelligent transportation system being developed for smart cars and traffic systems. It is located at NTU’s 200ha campus and replicates a city with live traffic.

The company's wireless AP 6562 dual radio 802.11n mesh access points will be used to create a wireless network that connects vehicles and intelligent infrastructure such as roadside units (RSU), traffic cameras and traffic lights.

NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Test Bed lead principal investigator Guan Yong Liang was further quoted by Traffic Technology Today as saying: “The collaboration with Zebra is a key milestone for the NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Test bed project.

"The collaboration with Zebra is a key milestone for the NTU-NXP Smart Mobility Test bed project."

“By incorporating Zebra’s wireless solutions into NTU’s campus-wide V2X test bed infrastructure, we are able to offer a comprehensive suite of resources to the transportation community to develop, optimise and validate new innovations and business models that could improve road users' safety and enhance commuters’ experience.”

Smart Mobility Test Bed Consortium paves way for Singapore's Smart Mobility 2030 vision that aims to optimise transport systems and enhance commuter travel experience with advanced intelligent transport systems.

The consortium comprises a wide range of high-tech companies, organisations, academics and government agencies who will research and test next-generation, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies with an objective to improve commuter safety and transportation systems.

Zebra Technologies Asia Pacific senior technical director Wayne Harper was further quoted by the publication as saying: “Smart mobility research is crucial to develop next generation systems that enable people in a metropolis like Singapore get to where they need to be safely and efficiently in the future.”