5GCAR

Link to project website: www.5gcar.eu

Social Media: Twitter @H2020_5GCAR

Contact: 5GCAR-Contact@5g-ppp.eu

Objective

Main objectives within the 5GCAR project are:

• Develop an overall 5G system architecture providing optimized end-to-end V2X network connectivity for highly reliable and low-latency V2X services, which supports security and privacy, manages quality-of-service and provides traffic flow management in a multi-RAT and multi-link V2X communication system.
• Interworking of multi-RATs that allows embedding existing communication solutions and novel 5G V2X solutions.
• Develop an efficient, secure and scalable sidelink interface for low-latency, high-reliability V2X communications.
• Propose 5G radio-assisted positioning techniques for both vulnerable road users and vehicles to increase the availability of very accurate localization.
• Identify business models and spectrum usage alternatives that support a wide range of 5G V2X services.
• Demonstrate and validate the developed concepts and evaluate the quantitative benefits of 5G V2X solutions using automated driving scenarios in test sites.

Achievements

5GCAR brought together a strong consortium from the automotive industry and the mobile communications industry as well as academia and developed innovation at the intersection of those industrial sectors over 26 months in European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to support a fast and successful path towards safer and more efficient future driving.

The 5GCAR project investigated and proved the added value of C-V2X 5G focus for connected cars, studying the domain from multiple perspectives, including business models, spectrum matters, and contributing to the conception of innovative solution for the radio access network, the system architecture, and the security and privacy framework. Multiple cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) use cases, which benefit from 5G features, were demonstrated. Moreover, the scientific work within the project impacted standardization by means of project partner contributions.

The 5GCAR results address a wide range of C-V2X challenges, ranging from use case and requirement definitions, investigation of business and spectrum related aspects, development of cellular link (both regular cellular link and sidelink) and position technical enablers as well as architectural components. The technical work was the foundation of the final four demonstrations (27th of June 2019) of 5GCAR use cases.

The demonstration findings have shown that connected driving has a huge potential for more safety and comfort (assisted and automated) driving use cases. Together with the main dissemination and exploitation activities, the results are also outlined in 5GCAR deliverables.

Generated technical findings have contributed to pre-standardization and normative standardization bodies like 5GAA and 3GPP to shape eventually 5G Rel-16 Study Items, ongoing Work Item and Rel-17 for some of the technical enablers.  For the industrial environment, 5GCAR partners have helped to change regulatory mindsets in favor of C-V2X in 2019.

In Europe one of the future challenges is transportation and infrastructure. We believe that the results from 5GCAR provides an important piece of the puzzle to address these future challenges.

For more information, please visit the project website https://5gcar.eu/

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