Aktiv CoCar
Cooperative Cars
Timeframe
1 November 2006 - 30 April 2009Project Management:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard German
- Dr.-Ing. Winfried Dulz
Project Participants:
- Dipl.-Inf. Christoph Sommer
Sponsored by:
Participating Institutions:
Keywords:
C2C (Car to Car); C2I (Car to Infrastructure); 3G+; UMTS; IP-based communication protocols for telematic applications; simulation; cross-layer design and optimization
Project Description:
Cooperatively acting vehicles represent a substantial innovation for
future traffic management solutions and for the next generation of
driver assistance systems. Including efficient communication mechanisms
into future cars can be seen as a central task. This comprises both the
direct (or indirect) vehicle to vehicle communication (C2C) as well as
the vehicle to infrastructure communication (C2I) for sending and
analyzing real-time traffic conditions in order to generate and
broadcast important traffic information.
Main questions that CoCar will tackle by means of simulation studies and
cross-layer optimization techniques are (among others):\
- Which effects are to be expected for the network signalling and which protocols have to be provided to support future telematic applications?
- Which latency and load behaviour patterns are induced by CoCar application scenarios?
- Which additions/changes at existing system concepts are to be accomplished and which requirements arise for future, network-supported communication services?
- How can traffic status information be acquired automatically in real-time and provided for CoCar users inside the cars by using UMTS services?
The research work in CoCar is driven by an interdisciplinary,
internationally acting consortium, consisting of prominent
telecommunication network operators, network equipment suppliers as well
as car and truck manufacturers. Industrial research is thereby
supplemented by university research partners that preparatory work in
the form of distinctive subcontracts.
The objectives and ambitions of CoCar are put high and aim on making
Germany the technology leader within the range of C2C and C2I
applications based on cellular mobile UMTS communications. The final
goal is to develop an open European standard to export vehicle
communication solutions into future European cars.
Links:
Contact:
German, Reinhard
Phone +49 9131 85 27916
Fax +49 9131 85 27409
E-Mail: reinhard.german@informatik.uni-erlangen.de\