Providing information relating to traffic congestion tendency and using the same

摘要

An apparatus for identifying traffic information comprises a receiver (1) for receiving the traffic information including a first identifier, a second identifier, information corresponding to a predicted congestion tendency for a particular road, information corresponding to a predicted average speed for a particular road, information corresponding to a version number of the traffic information, and information corresponding to a location associated with the particular road. The apparatus further comprises a decoder (3) for decoding the received traffic information.