This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:<br/><br/>(1) The ability to create short and medium term predictions of inter-urban traffic data.<br/>(2) The ability to create the predictions of short and medium term inter-urban traffic data using algorithms that may be different in content and scope.<br/>(3) The ability to request and use current inter-urban traffic data as the starting point for the predictions of short and medium term inter-urban traffic data.<br/>(4) The ability to repeat the creation of the predicted short and medium term inter-urban traffic data at (frequent?) periodic intervals.<br/>
(a) at (frequent?) periodic intervals send the data flow containing the request inter-urban traffic data to the Manage Inter-urban Traffic Data function;<br/>(b) as a result of (a) continuously monitor for the receipt of the data flow containing the requested inter-urban traffic data;<br/>(c) when the data flow in (b) is received, create the predictions of short and medium term inter-urban traffic data using appropriate algorithms that may be different in content and scope;<br/>(d) when (c) is complete, put the results in the short & medium predicted inter-urban traffic data flow and send it to the Manage Inter-urban Traffic Data function.<br/>