A Vehicular Environment Perception Platform for Safety Related Applications

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to present a perception platform developed for vehicular safety applications. The work described here is part of the work carried out in the interactIVe project and more specifically inside the PERCEPTION sub project. InteractIVe is a large scale integrating project co-funded by the European Commission as part of the FP7-ICT for Safety and Energy Efficiency in Mobility. One of the main objectives of this project is the implementation of a reference perception platform with a general purpose interface to the applications

Next Generation Automated Emergency Calls

The Internet of Things (IoT) potentials to transform our modern society into smart environments that facilitate living and boost all types of transactions are becoming more and more evident as the number of interconnections between the physical and the virtual world keeps increasing. Cyber-physical systems, wide end-to end connectivity and handling of big data are some of the mainstream concepts brought forth to materialise the IoT umbrella. Yet, emergency services, a domain of paramount importance to society, reveal multiple challenges for the adoption of applications that capitalise on the capabilities of smart devices and the interoperability among heterogeneous platforms. In this paper, we present the continuing work [4] on next generation automated (non- human initiated) emergency calls by specifying the pathway to implementation of NG eCall and sensor-enabled emergency services

Evaluation platform for 5G vehicular communications

Cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) communications is presented as the cornerstone for next-generation connected vehicles. C-V2X can support efficient vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure data transmission, and is said to be a key enabler of cooperative connected and automated mobility (CCAM). Performance of 5G New Radio (5G-NR) is expected to address bandwidth and delay requirements of services for autonomous vehicles. This is the theory and what particular research works have showed through simulation or limited prototypes. On the contrary, this work focuses on evaluating real 5G deployments (including 5G-NR) of network operators in CCAM scenarios, with particular emphasis on cross-border settings and service continuity under inter-operator handovers. The paper presents an evaluation platform to gather cross-layer measurements, homogenise results, perform comparative assessment of figures of merit, and calculate network and CCAM key performance indicators (KPIs). The platform is evaluated through implementing a use case for autonomous overtaking, involving two 5G-NR operator deployments at the Spanish-Portuguese border. Results reveal good network performances and correct operation of the service, thanks to 5G-NR and edge servers, although significant impact of handovers is detected on network and overtaking KPIs.This work has been supported by the grants EC 825496 (5G-MOBIX), funded by the European Commission; PID2020- 112675RBC41 (ONOFRE-3), funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033; RYC-2017-23823, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033 and by “ESF Investing in your future”; PGE-MOVESSING-2019-000104 (MECANO), funded by the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge; and RED2018-102585-T (Go2Edge), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities