Reproducible and Low-cost Sim-to-Real Environment for Traffic Signal Control

Yiran Zhang; Khoa Vo; Longchao Da; Tiejin Chen; Xiaoou Liu; Hua Wei

doi:10.1145/3716550.3725161

Reproducible and Low-cost Sim-to-Real Environment for Traffic Signal Control

Yiran Zhang
, Khoa Vo
, Longchao Da
, Tiejin Chen
, Xiaoou Liu
, Hua Wei

Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of (IAFSE)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This paper presents a unique sim-to-real assessment environment for traffic signal control (TSC), LibSignal++, featuring a 14-ft by 14-ft scaled-down physical replica of a real-world urban roadway equipped with realistic traffic sensors such as cameras, and actual traffic signal controllers. Besides, it is supported by a precise indoor positioning system to track the actual trajectories of vehicles. To generate various plausible physical conditions that are difficult to replicate with computer simulations, this system supports automatic sensor manipulation to mimic observation changes and also supports manual adjustment of physical traffic network settings to reflect the influence of dynamic changes on vehicle behaviors. This system will enable the assessment of traffic policies that are otherwise extremely difficult to simulate or infeasible for full-scale physical tests, providing a reproducible and low-cost environment for sim-to-real transfer research on traffic signal control problems.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400714986
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3716550.3725161
State	Published - May 7 2025
Event	16th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025 - Irvine, United States Duration: May 6 2025 → May 9 2025

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025

Conference

Conference	16th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025
Country/Territory	United States
City	Irvine
Period	5/6/25 → 5/9/25

Keywords

Physical Testbed
Sim-to-real Transfer
Traffic Signal Control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture

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Zhang, Y., Vo, K., Da, L., Chen, T., Liu, X., & Wei, H. (2025). Reproducible and Low-cost Sim-to-Real Environment for Traffic Signal Control. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025 Article 45 (Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3716550.3725161

Reproducible and Low-cost Sim-to-Real Environment for Traffic Signal Control. / Zhang, Yiran; Vo, Khoa; Da, Longchao et al.
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025. 45 (Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Zhang, Y, Vo, K, Da, L, Chen, T, Liu, X & Wei, H 2025, Reproducible and Low-cost Sim-to-Real Environment for Traffic Signal Control. in Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025., 45, Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 16th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025, Irvine, United States, 5/6/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3716550.3725161

Zhang Y, Vo K, Da L, Chen T, Liu X, Wei H. Reproducible and Low-cost Sim-to-Real Environment for Traffic Signal Control. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2025. 45. (Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025). doi: 10.1145/3716550.3725161

Zhang, Yiran ; Vo, Khoa ; Da, Longchao et al. / Reproducible and Low-cost Sim-to-Real Environment for Traffic Signal Control. Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2025. (Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, ICCPS 2025, held as part of the CPS-IoT Week 2025).

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