5G connected and automated driving: use cases, technologies and trials in cross-border environments

• Published in: EURASIP journal on wireless communications and networking Vol. 2021; no. 1; p. 97
• Main Authors: Hetzer, Dirk, Muehleisen, Maciej, Kousaridas, Apostolos, Barmpounakis, Sokratis, Wendt, Stefan, Eckert, Kurt, Schimpe, Andreas, Löfhede, Johan, Alonso-Zarate, Jesus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 16.04.2021; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Automation; Automotive use cases; CCAM; Collision avoidance; Communications Engineering; Connected and automated mobility; Cross-border; Driving; Enabling Technologies for Networks beyond 5G; Engineering; High definition; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Networks; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; V2X; Luxembourg; 5G; Automotive use cases; CCAM; Trials; QoS; Connected and automated mobility; V2X; Cross-border
• ISSN: 1687-1472; 1687-1499; 1687-1499
• DOI: 10.1186/s13638-021-01976-6

Cooperative, connected and automated mobility (CCAM) across Europe requires harmonized solutions to support cross-border seamless operation. The possibility of providing CCAM services across European countries has an enormous innovative business potential. However, the seamless provision of connectivity and the uninterrupted delivery of real-time services pose technical challenges which 5G technologies aim to solve. The situation is particularly challenging given the multi-country, multi-operator, multi-telco-vendor, multi-car-manufacturer and cross-network-generation scenario of any cross-border scenario. Motivated by this, the 5GCroCo project, with a total budget of 17 million Euro and partially funded by the European Commission, aims at validating 5G technologies in the Metz-Merzig-Luxembourg cross-border 5G corridor considering the borders between France, Germany and Luxembourg. The activities of 5GCroCo are organized around three use cases: (1) Tele-operated Driving, (2) high-definition map generation and distribution for automated vehicles and (3) Anticipated Cooperative Collision Avoidance (ACCA). The results of the project help contribute to a true European transnational CCAM. This paper describes the overall objectives of the project, motivated by the discussed challenges of cross-border operation, the use cases along with their requirements, the technical 5G features that will be validated and provides a description of the planned trials within 5GCroCo together with some initial results.