Low Level Function
3.2.9 Send Incident Details to Information Providers

Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to manage the output of information to External Service Providers as part of an incident strategy in response to incidents that have been detected by other functionality.
(2) The ability for the Providers to also request a repeat of the output of the information and of incident data, where this applies to current or future events, i.e. not incidents involving the Emergency Services.
(3) The ability for the output of the information to begin as soon as the strategy information is received.
(4) The ability to keep a local store of the incident management strategies currently being implemented and delete them when their expiry time has passed, or when a strategy modification or removal indication arrives from the incident management functionality.

Functional Requirements

(a) on receipt of the first input trigger data flow all of the output data flows shall be sent
(b) on receipt of any of the second to fifth input trigger data flows, the appropriate output data flows requesting strategy or incident data shall be sent
(c) when the responses to (b) have been received, all of the output data flows shall be sent.

Diagrams

The Diagram(s) is (are) the diagram(s) where you can find the function :
  • DFD 3.2 Manage Incidents
  • Functional tree 3.2
  • Parent Higher Level Function

    Input logical dataflows

    Output logical dataflows

    User needs

    Number

    Description

    7.1.3.6
    The system shall be able to implement planned control strategies for planned events (e.g. sport, cultural, etc.).
    7.2.0.1
    The system shall detect and respond to various incidents on the road network.
    7.2.0.10
    The system shall be able to co-ordinate the implementation of incident management strategies between associated TCCs.
    7.2.0.2
    The system shall not do anything to reduce road safety.
    7.2.0.3
    The system shall not do anything that might aggravate, or cause, an incident.
    7.2.2.1
    The system shall be able to collect and store data on each incident, e.g. location, type, severity, number & type of vehicles involved, the emergency/rescue vehicles needed etc.
    7.2.2.3
    The system shall be able to provide information on each incident to TICs for onward transmission to travellers.
    7.2.5.2
    The system shall be able to provide local warnings on dangerous sections of the road network.
    7.4.1.36
    Hazardous Location Notification - The system shall be able to warn the driver in a timely manner, via an in-vehicle display, of adverse road surfaces and weather conditions along the planned route.
    7.6.2.4
    The system shall enable the traveller information service provider to receive current inter-urban traffic management, and weather, conditions and planned events.