Lecture5 - ITS
Lecture5 - ITS
Systems
CV-6801
Dr. Deotima Mukherjee
Dr. Bhupati Kannur
Lecture 5
Connected Vehicles/Autonomous
Vehicles
• A connected vehicle is one that is capable of connecting
over wireless networks to nearby devices.
• One of the primary use cases for the IoT car is safety, via rapid
vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-roadside unit communications
(also known as V2X) or vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I).
• In the case of city traffic and intersection safety, for example, those
communications can enable vehicles outfitted with connected vehicle
technology to communicate their locations continuously and to receive near
real-time information that triggers an automated response.
The connected vehicle government fact sheet
provides a concise, easy-to-understand
description:
For example:
• Automotive IoT enables high-speed vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure
communications to trigger the following results, many of which are possible today:
Adaptive cruise control
Automatic route planning based on real-time conditions
Traffic redirected away from congestion
Automatically updated road signage, to report traffic or conditions
Communications to drivers, notifying them of crash sites or wrong-way drivers ahead
Automatic vehicle braking to prevent collisions (in trials)
Autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle control (in trials)
Examples
• GPS is one example of a technology that supports connected vehicle, as the GPS
network allows a car to plan a route, taking into account current traffic conditions
to avoid traffic jams.
• The sophistication of GPS and its use by connected vehicles will continue to
evolve with lower latency networks and the advance of connected vehicle
technology.
• For example, two cars going in opposite directions could share road conditions
based on where they’ve just been.
• One of the most interesting IoT use cases is that connected vehicles can transmit
data about how they’re driving.
For example:
• Self-driving cars will communicate their position, which will allow them to drive
side by side safely as well as merge at high speeds.
• A vehicle will also be able to connect to a city’s network to find parking, locate a
business or residence, or avoid areas with construction or congestion.
• Most importantly, the dramatic reduction in latency will enable the key reason for
connected vehicle technology, which is to prevent accidents and collisions,
primarily at city intersections.
Evolution of Car Connectivity and
User Perceived Value
• SoS services
• Last mile guidance
• Breakdown support
• Infotainment- access to cloud and home media, music, video, live
stream
• Traffic information
• Smartphone integration
• Tracking
• Remote services: steer car, restrict car usage, vehicle health
monitoring
• Call for help: automatic or manual e-call, crisis call
• Augmented reality navigation
• Self-driving cars
• Over-the-air tuning: prevent future car hackings
Limitations/Concerns
• As Tesla has shown, self-driving cars can generally do okay on highways and other
roads that don’t have complex obstacles.
• The vehicle can share diagnostic data and remind the owner about
upcoming service requirements, such as oil changes.
• The owner can use an app to flash its headlights in the parking lot so
that the car stands out.
Communication Backbone for CV
• The infrastructure supporting smart city and automotive IoT initiatives like
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will help connected vehicle systems to
reach their full potential.
• Today, these deployments use sensors, cameras and RFID readers to monitor
intersections and roadways to identify congestion, automatically reroute traffic,
identify distances to various destinations and update signage.
• And public safety will improve, as intersections become safer for pedestrians and
cyclists, and adaptive traffic lighting enables emergency responders to get to
accident scenes faster.
ITS and Future Traffic Management
• As networks continue to advance and AI
capabilities improve, the capabilities of
traffic management systems will continue
to advance as well.
• With Gigabit Ethernet speeds, multiple ports, and compute power, Digi
transportation routers are IoT solutions that provide the needed speed,
computing power and connectivity to manage the full range of devices at work in
today's complex traffic management scenarios while paving the way for the
connected vehicle future.
• Most importantly, cities can deploy these systems today to dramatically improve
the effectiveness of their entire traffic management system while reducing the
cost and complexity of their infrastructure and preparing for the next generation
of connected vehicle