Enabling automated driving by ICT infrastructure : a reference architecture

Abstract

Information and communication technology (ICT) is an enabler for establishing automated vehicles (AVs) in today's traffic systems. By providing complementary and/or redundant information via radio communication to the AV's perception by on-board sensors, higher levels of automated driving become more comfortable, safer, or even possible without interaction by the driver, especially in complex scenarios. Additionally, communication between vehicles and/or a central service can improve the efficiency of traffic flow. This paper presents a reference architecture for such an infrastructure-based support of AVs. The architecture combines innovative concepts and technologies from different technological fields like communication, IT environment and data flows, and cyber-security and privacy. Being the basis for the EU-funded project ICT4CART, exemplary implementations of this architecture will show its power for a variety of use cases on highways and in urban areas in test sites in Austria, Germany, and Italy, including cross-border interoperability.

Comment: Proceedings of 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020 (Conference cancelled), April 27-30, 2020, Helsinki, Finland

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.05229

• http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/oparu-26023

• http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-26023,

http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:289-oparu-26086-3