Enabling ITS applications by means of VANETs

Description of research

Connect&Drive aims to develop a next-generation cruise control (a so-called Co-operative Adaptive Cruise Control, C-ACC). The aim of this C-ACC is to be able to mitigate shock waves in traffic flows on major highways. Shock waves, and the inability of the human driver to sufficiently cope with them, are responsible for many traffic congestions. Everybody knows this kind of congestion, suddenly traffic comes to a standstill and after a while traffic starts flowing again, with no apparent reason.

C-ACC aims to take the human reaction and anticipation out of the loop, substituting it with a cruise control system which takes into account the leading vehicle (by means of radar) and the vehicles in front of that. Short range radio communication (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) is required to provide this input to the C-ACC controller and the requirements are quite steep w.r.t. traditional wireless networking (e.g. corporate LANs).

A method called “beaconing” is envisioned to fulfill the communication needs of the C-ACC system. The focus of my research is to explore means to perform this communication and address topics such as reliability, scalability and efficiency by means of analytical methods, simulation study and (within Connect&Drive) a field operational test involving communicating vehicles on a real highway.

Advisor(s)

Dr. ir. Geert Heijenk, Dr. ir. Georgios Karagiannis

Duration

2009-2013

Project

Connect&Drive (first 2 years)

Funding institution

SenterNovem, High Tech Automotive Systems (HTAS), Centre for for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT)

Strategic Research Orientation

WiSe- Wireless and Sensor Systems

Links to relevant web pages:

http://www.htas.nl/

http://www.htas.nl/index.php?pid=106

http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~eenennaa

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Home CTIT symposium 2013 About CTIT News NIRICT Research Meet the PhDs Working at CTIT Internal Information Conferences Open Calls (updated May 3, 2013) Library and Videos Knowledge Transfer Links Sitemap Search	Enabling ITS applications by means of VANETs Description of research Connect&Drive aims to develop a next-generation cruise control (a so-called Co-operative Adaptive Cruise Control, C-ACC). The aim of this C-ACC is to be able to mitigate shock waves in traffic flows on major highways. Shock waves, and the inability of the human driver to sufficiently cope with them, are responsible for many traffic congestions. Everybody knows this kind of congestion, suddenly traffic comes to a standstill and after a while traffic starts flowing again, with no apparent reason. C-ACC aims to take the human reaction and anticipation out of the loop, substituting it with a cruise control system which takes into account the leading vehicle (by means of radar) and the vehicles in front of that. Short range radio communication (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) is required to provide this input to the C-ACC controller and the requirements are quite steep w.r.t. traditional wireless networking (e.g. corporate LANs). A method called “beaconing” is envisioned to fulfill the communication needs of the C-ACC system. The focus of my research is to explore means to perform this communication and address topics such as reliability, scalability and efficiency by means of analytical methods, simulation study and (within Connect&Drive) a field operational test involving communicating vehicles on a real highway. Advisor(s) Dr. ir. Geert Heijenk, Dr. ir. Georgios Karagiannis Duration 2009-2013 Project Connect&Drive (first 2 years) Funding institution SenterNovem, High Tech Automotive Systems (HTAS), Centre for for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT) Strategic Research Orientation WiSe- Wireless and Sensor Systems Links to relevant web pages: http://www.htas.nl/ http://www.htas.nl/index.php?pid=106 http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~eenennaa Pictures