Connect & Drive – Cooperative Adaptive Cruise control based on WiFi communication between vehicles and infrastructure

Description of research

Congestion issues are currently solved by road building, and a lot of separate measures. In the near future the prizing of kilometres will be a new instrument, as well as the aspect of “better use” of the roads, to increase the capacity and the freer flow of traffic. Especially, “in-car” technology, as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is seen as a spearhead in the memorandum of the Dutch Minister of Transport Eurlings. The government will strongly stimulate the penetration of this ACC technology, as measure against congestion. ACC in its current shape is not fit to avoid congestion or to subdue it. On the contrary, massive introduction would only increase congestion.

To use the potential of ACC for congestion, it should be combined with wireless communication, coordination and cooperation between vehicles mutually and vehicles and infrastructure. Introduction of C-ACC offers new possibilities for traffic management and will be a breakthrough in the area of congestion control. Not only through efficiency, but also by enlarging the road capacity through technology. C-ACC attacks the congestion by its roots: the limitations of human vehicle control in reaction and visual field. This way ACC develops itself from a ‘comfort’ system to a Cooperative ACC system that actively avoids and subdues congestion.

Within this project my research is concerned with creating the wireless communication protocols needed to support the C-ACC application.

Advisor(s)

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

Duration

2009-2013

Project

Connect & Drive

Funding institution

SenterNovem, High Tech Automotive Systems (HTAS)

Strategic Research Orientation

WiSe - Wireless and Sensor Systems

Links to relevant web pages:

http://www.ctit.utwente.nl/research/projects/national/senter/connect-drive.doc/

Pictures

Figure 1. Wouter Klein Wolterink.

Platoon of Vehicles

Figure 2. A platoon of vehicles.

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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	Connect & Drive – Cooperative Adaptive Cruise control based on WiFi communication between vehicles and infrastructure Description of research Congestion issues are currently solved by road building, and a lot of separate measures. In the near future the prizing of kilometres will be a new instrument, as well as the aspect of “better use” of the roads, to increase the capacity and the freer flow of traffic. Especially, “in-car” technology, as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is seen as a spearhead in the memorandum of the Dutch Minister of Transport Eurlings. The government will strongly stimulate the penetration of this ACC technology, as measure against congestion. ACC in its current shape is not fit to avoid congestion or to subdue it. On the contrary, massive introduction would only increase congestion. To use the potential of ACC for congestion, it should be combined with wireless communication, coordination and cooperation between vehicles mutually and vehicles and infrastructure. Introduction of C-ACC offers new possibilities for traffic management and will be a breakthrough in the area of congestion control. Not only through efficiency, but also by enlarging the road capacity through technology. C-ACC attacks the congestion by its roots: the limitations of human vehicle control in reaction and visual field. This way ACC develops itself from a ‘comfort’ system to a Cooperative ACC system that actively avoids and subdues congestion. Within this project my research is concerned with creating the wireless communication protocols needed to support the C-ACC application. Advisor(s) Dr. ir. Geert Heijenk, Dr. ir. Georgios Karagiannis Duration 2009-2013 Project Connect & Drive Funding institution SenterNovem, High Tech Automotive Systems (HTAS) Strategic Research Orientation WiSe - Wireless and Sensor Systems Links to relevant web pages: http://www.ctit.utwente.nl/research/projects/national/senter/connect-drive.doc/ Pictures Figure 1. Wouter Klein Wolterink. Figure 2. A platoon of vehicles.