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This document establishes training guidelines applicable to fiber optics engineer technical training for individuals involved in the manufacturing, installation, support, integration and testing of fiber optic systems. Applicable personnel include: Managers Engineers Trainers/Instructors Third Party Maintenance Agencies Production
AS-3 Fiber Optics and Applied Photonics Committee
This study investigates urban traffic congestion optimisation strategies based on V2X technology. V2X technology (Vehicles and Internet of Everything) aims to alleviate urban traffic congestion, improve access efficiency, and reduce tailpipe emissions through real-time collection and fusion of traffic data to optimise traffic signal control and path planning. The efficacy of the optimisation strategies under different V2X penetration rates is evaluated by conducting multi-factor orthogonal experiments in different typical congestion scenarios. The experimental results show that the V2X-based signal optimisation, path induction, and event response combination strategies exhibit significant optimisation effects in all three scenarios: node bottleneck, corridor congestion, and event induction. Under the condition of 100% penetration, the combined strategy reduces delay by 41.9% in the node bottleneck scenario, improves accessibility by 28.1% in the corridor congestion scenario, and
Xi, ChaohuLi, JiashengQu, FengzhenLiu, HongjunLiu, XiaoruiWang, Chunpeng
Recent advancements in energy efficient wireless communication protocols and low powered digital sensor technologies have led to the development of wireless sensor network (WSN) applications in diverse industries. These WSNs are generally designed using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), ZigBee and Wi-Fi communication protocol depending on the range and reliability requirements of the application. Designing these WSN applications also depends on the following factors. First, the environment under which devices operate varies with the industries and products they are employed in. Second, the energy availability for these devices is limited so higher signal strength for transmission and retransmission reduces the lifetime of these nodes significantly and finally, the size of networks is increasing hence scheduling and routing of messages becomes critical as well. These factors make simulation for these applications essential for evaluating the performance of WSNs before physical deployment of
Periwal, GarvitKoparde, PrashantSewalkar, Swarupanand
Ensuring secure and ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) is critical for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems, which form the backbone of autonomous transportation. This paper presents a theoretical framework for designing secure communication protocols tailored for V2X systems with stringent latency and reliability requirements. The proposed framework incorporates dynamic message prioritization, adaptive encryption, and lightweight authentication to address the unique challenges of V2X networks. The study provides mathematical models to predict latency and security performance under varying network conditions, with a focus on scalability and efficiency. This work aims to contribute a foundational approach for future advancements in URLLC protocols in autonomous vehicle ecosystems.
Imran, Shaik Moinuddin
The synergistic adoption of automated driving technologies and the electrification of the vehicle power train offers the possibility of proposing new and innovative solutions for public transportation systems. In particular, an interesting solution is represented by modular systems in which multiple autonomous vehicles/transportation modules can be aggregated to form reconfigurable compositions according to desired transportation demand. In this work, a configurable connection between vehicles is adopted, as convoying ensures the possibility of power sharing between vehicles, allowing coordinated power management throughout the composition. Connected vehicles can also share power between batteries for battery recharge that is performed using a custom solution from a tram-like catenary. In this work, the authors design a demonstrator to investigate the feasibility of the proposed solution. Once designed, the proposed system has been assembled and tested at the ENEA Casaccia Research
Alessandrini, AdrianoBerzi, LorenzoFabbri, MarcoFranci, MichaelGulino, Michelangelo SantoPugi, LucaOrtenzi, FernandoVitiello, Francesco
A road simulator reproduction method was developed to reproduce the off-road conditions of utility vehicles in a laboratory setting. Off-road running behavior can be reproduced by considering the effects of inertial forces from jump landings owing to uneven terrain and slow-speed navigation. However, extremely low-frequency components and behaviors, including inertial forces from jumps, vehicle acceleration and deceleration, are difficult to reproduce with a normal road simulator in the limited test space of a laboratory. Therefore, it is common practice to intentionally remove input components below 1 Hz. Alternatively, inertial forces can be reproduced by adding a restraining device to the sprung mass of the vehicle along the wheel-axle inputs. Therefore, the former method excludes extremely low-frequency components, whereas the effects between actuators, which increase the test complexity and time required, should be canceled in the latter method. Furthermore, the restraining device
Miyasaka, TakahiroShimizu, Ryota
This SAE Standard describes classes of Aftermarket V2X Devices (AVDs) intended to support particular services, provides their respective requirements (including RF performance requirements), and specifies their radio profiles. This document is targeted to enable near- and long-term deployments by supporting different classes of AVDs that could interact with other onboard units (OBUs) and roadside units (RSUs). Users of this document include manufacturers of vehicles and micro-mobility conveyances, developers of hardware and applications, as well as those interested in LTE-V2X system architecture, testing, and certification.
C-V2X Technical Committee
This document establishes training guidelines applicable to fiber optic safety training, technical training and fiber awareness for individuals involved in the manufacturing, installation, support, integration and testing of fiber optic systems. Applicable personnel include: Managers Engineers Technicians Logisticians Trainers/Instructors Third Party Maintenance Agencies Quality Assurance Shipping Receiving Production Purchasing
AS-3 Fiber Optics and Applied Photonics Committee
This document establishes training guidelines applicable to fiber optic fabricator technical training for individuals involved in the manufacturing, installation, support, integration and testing of fiber optic systems. Applicable personnel include: Managers Engineers Technicians Trainers/Instructors Third Party Maintenance Agencies Quality Assurance Production
AS-3 Fiber Optics and Applied Photonics Committee
This document establishes training guidelines applicable to fiber optic fabricator technical training for individuals involved in the manufacturing, installation, support, integration and testing of fiber optic systems. Applicable personnel include: Managers Engineers Technicians Trainers/Instructors Third Party Maintenance Agencies Quality Assurance Production
AS-3 Fiber Optics and Applied Photonics Committee
In the context of intelligent transportation systems and applications such as autonomous driving, it is essential to predict a vehicle’s immediate future states to enable precise and timely prediction of vehicles’ movements. This article proposes a hybrid short-term kinematic vehicle prediction framework that integrates a novel object detection model, You Only Look Once version 11 (YOLOv11), with an unscented Kalman filter (UKF), a reliable state estimation technique. This study provides a unique method for real-time detection of vehicles in traffic scenes, tracking and predicting their short-term kinematics. Locating the vehicle accurately and classifying it in a range of dynamic scenarios is achievable by the enhanced detection capabilities of YOLOv11. These detections are used as inputs by the UKF to estimate and predict the future positions of the vehicles while considering measurement noise and dynamic model errors. The focus of this work is on individual vehicle motion prediction
Pahal, SudeshNandal, Priyanka
Trains traditionally transmit braking and mitigation commands through the air tube filling and exhausting method, which is easy to cause local large longitudinal impact. In order to meet the high-precision requirements of synchronous transmission of commands for heavy-duty trains with large groupings, this paper proposes a laser+industrial Ethernet network control system, which can meet the requirements of flexible train grouping and virtual connecting under the premise of ensuring synchronous transmission of commands for trains with large groupings. The system consists of central control unit, locomotive laser communication module, locomotive switch, mobile wireless communication terminal, security gateway, vehicle control unit, vehicle laser communication module, vehicle switch, etc. It is designed according to the three-layer architecture of vehicle-level network, train-level network and line-level network, which can realise the issuance of internal control commands and status
Meng, XiangzhenLi, ChuanhuZhu, Youlong
Based on the similarity analysis of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICVs), a distributed V2X hardware-in-the-loop test system for ICVs is designed, including the PanoSim autonomous driving simulation engine, GNSS simulator, V2X simulator, and management and cooperative control software. The system integrates the major technologies of distributed interaction, including operation management, time synchronization, coordinate conversion, and data preprocessing, and realizes the spatial and temporal consistency of each simulation node. 89 V2X first-stage application scenarios (e.g., FCW, RLVW) and 5 V2X second-stage application scenarios (e.g., CLC) use case experimental results have proved the reliability of the system. The FCW use case experiment results show that its simulation results pass with high confidence. The study emphasizes the value of the system in reducing development costs, improving safety, and accelerating the deployment of V2X applications, while identifying future
Gao, TianfangZhang, XingHuiChen, LiangHuang, ZhichenNi, Dong
The adhesion condition of the road surface is an important factor in the driving decision-making, and the lower the adhesion coefficient of the road, the greater the risk of safety. In order to study the development and progress in the research of the substances, a comparative analysis of Chinese and foreign references was carried out. The sensitive factors to the adhesion coefficient and influence of adhesion condition on driving were summarized. Then two main strategies to avoid a collision were presented, including longitudinal braking and lateral lane change. A detailed description of three methods used in automotive decision-making processes was offered, including rule-based method, supervised learning method, and reinforcement learning method, each characterized with certain attributes. Topics in the field of driving decision-making considering adhesion condition for intelligent connected vehicles were pointed out and future-oriented research formulations were provided. These
Wang, HongHou, De-Zao
This SAE Standard describes a reference system architecture based on LTE-V2X technology defined in the set of ETSI standards based on 3GPP Release 14. It also describes cross-cutting features unique to LTE-V2X PC5 sidelink (mode 4) that can be used by current and future application standards. The audience for this document includes the developers of applications and application specifications, as well as those interested in LTE-V2X system architecture, testing, and certification.
C-V2X Technical Committee
This SAE Standard specifies system requirements for an onboard vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) safety communications system for vehicle classes of 2, 3, 4, and 5,1 including standards profiles, functional requirements, and performance requirements. The system is capable of transmitting and receiving the SAE J2735-defined basic safety message (BSM) over a PC5 Sidelink V2X (mode 4) communications link as defined in ETSI Release 14.2,3 The system uses Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1609 standards for network and transport layer communications, as well as security.
C-V2X Technical Committee
The next generation of mobility, driven by shared, driverless, connected, and electrified vehicles, holds strong potential to advance sustainability through lower emissions and improved resource efficiency. However, critical questions remain regarding their true environmental impact, including battery lifecycle management, material consumption, and circular manufacturing practices. Sustainable Circular Future Mobility: Environmental Impact of Next-gen Vehicles explores these unresolved issues, focusing on the shift from internal combustion to electric vehicles, supply chain challenges, regulatory gaps, and the operational realities of sustainable productization. It also critically examines the risks of greenwashing, the need for consistent standards, and the role of intersectoral collaboration—with energy, urban planning, information and communications technologies, and waste management sectors—in building resilient, scalable solutions. The report provides strategic recommendations and
Abdul Hamid, Umar Zakir
We develop a set of communications-aware behaviors that enable formations of robotic agents to travel through communications-deprived environments while remaining in contact with a central base station. These behaviors enable the agents to operate in environments common in dismounted and search and rescue operations. By operating as a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET), robotic agents can respond to environmental changes and react to the loss of any agent. We demonstrate in simulation and on custom robotic hardware a methodology that constructs a communications network by “peeling-off” individual agents from a formation to act as communication relays. We then present a behavior that reconfigures the team’s network topology to reach different locations within an environment while maintaining communications. Finally, we introduce a recovery behavior that enables agents to reestablish communications if a link in the network is lost. Our hardware trials demonstrate the systems capability to
Noren, CharlesChaudhary, SahilShirose, BurhanuddinVundurthy, BhaskarTravers, Matthew
Data security remains an issue of the utmost concern in contested environments. Mechanisms such as data encryption, beam-forming antennas, and frequency-hopping radio have emerged to mitigate some of the concerns in radio-frequency (RF) communications, but they do not remove all risk. Consequently, there is still a consistent appetite for alternative solutions. This paper presents a case for the use of the free-space optical (FSO) communications technology ImpLi-Fi as one such alternative. FSO communication is promising because of the ease with which the signal beam may be steered and limited, making detection and interception more difficult than with RF, and ImpLi-Fi in particular is desirable for its exceptional outdoor performance and ease of integration into existing light sources. The paper briefly illustrates the origins of the contested logistics (CL) problem and CL use cases for secure communication channels, before describing the ImpLi-Fi technology in some detail; exploring
Brzozowski, AaronReimann, JethroLakshmanan, SridharMarrero, Pedro “Pete”Moyer, Benjamin D.
Perception is a key component of automated vehicles (AVs). However, sensors mounted to the AVs often encounter blind spots due to obstructions from other vehicles, infrastructure, or objects in the surrounding area. While recent advancements in planning and control algorithms help AVs react to sudden object appearances from blind spots at low speeds and less complex scenarios, challenges remain at high speeds and complex intersections. Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology promises to enhance scene representation for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) in complex intersections, providing sufficient time and distance to react to adversary vehicles violating traffic rules. Most existing methods for infrastructure-based vehicle detection and tracking rely on LIDAR, RADAR, or sensor fusion methods, such as LIDAR–camera and RADAR–camera. Although LIDAR and RADAR provide accurate spatial information, the sparsity of point cloud data limits their ability to capture detailed object
Saravanan, Nithish KumarJammula, Varun ChandraYang, YezhouWishart, JeffreyZhao, Junfeng
Ongoing research and development in the field of electric vehicles (EVs) have resulted in a continuous expansion of their range. Additionally, advancements in vehicle connectivity have created new opportunities for intelligent driving assistance and energy optimization, particularly through the use of cloud data. However, the integration of eco-driving assistance with numerical optimization of speed trajectories remains challenging due to the high computational demands of these methods. To address this challenge and make such a system feasible for integration into vehicle systems, the computational effort required for an optimized driving trajectory must be minimized. This paper presents a method to accelerate speed trajectory optimization using pre-calculated energy and time consumption maps. For this purpose, a dynamic discretization of the anticipated driving profile is applied. Initial results show a substantial reduction in computation time, varying with different scenarios
Schilling Johnson, ReneHenke, Markus
The U-Shift IV represents the latest evolution in modular urban mobility solutions, offering significant advancements over its predecessors. This innovative vehicle concept introduces a distinct separation between the drive module, known as the driveboard, and the transport capsules. The driveboard contains all the necessary components for autonomous driving, allowing it to operate independently. This separation not only enables versatile applications - such as easily swapping capsules for passenger or goods transportation - but also significantly improves the utilization of the driveboard. By allowing a single driveboard to be paired with different capsules, operational efficiency is maximized, enabling continuous deployment of driveboards while the individual capsules are in use. The primary focus of U-Shift IV was to obtain a permit for operating at the Federal Garden Show 2023. To achieve this goal, we built the vehicle around the specific requirements for semi-public road
Pohl, EricScheibe, SebastianMünster, MarcoOsebek, ManuelKopp, GerhardSiefkes, Tjark
With the increasing distribution of smart mobility systems, automated & connected vehicles are more and more interacting with each other and with smart infrastructure using V2X-communication. Hereby, the vehicles’ position, driving dynamics data, or driving intention are exchanged. Previous research has explored graph-based cooperation strategies for automated vehicles in mixed traffic environments based on current V2X-communication standards. Thereby, the focus is set on cooperation optimization and maneuver negotiation. These strategies can be implemented through both centralized and decentralized computational approaches and are conflict-free by design. To enhance these previously established cooperation models, real-world traffic data is used to derive vehicle trajectories, providing a more accurate representation of actual traffic scenarios in order to enhance the practical application of the described methodology. Additionally, machine learning algorithms are employed to train
Flormann, MaximilianMeyer, FelixHenze, Roman
This article introduces a comprehensive cooperative navigation algorithm to improve vehicular system safety and efficiency. The algorithm employs surrogate optimization to prevent collisions with cooperative cruise control and lane-keeping functionalities. These strategies address real-world traffic challenges. The dynamic model supports precise prediction and optimization within the MPC framework, enabling effective real-time decision-making for collision avoidance. The critical component of the algorithm incorporates multiple parameters such as relative vehicle positions, velocities, and safety margins to ensure optimal and safe navigation. In the cybersecurity evaluation, the four scenarios explore the system’s response to different types of cyberattacks, including data manipulation, signal interference, and spoofing. These scenarios test the algorithm’s ability to detect and mitigate the effects of malicious disruptions. Evaluate how well the system can maintain stability and avoid
Khan, Rahan RasheedHanif, AtharAhmed, Qadeer
Researchers have created a 98-milligram sensor system — about one tenth the weight of a jellybean or less than one-hundredth of an ounce — that can ride aboard a small drone or an insect, such as a moth, until it gets to its destination. Then, when a researcher sends a Bluetooth command, the sensor is released from its perch and can fall up to 72 feet — from about the sixth floor of a building — and land without breaking. Once on the ground, the sensor can collect data, such as temperature or humidity, for almost three years.
Conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians at unsignalized intersections occur frequently and often result in serious consequences. In order to alleviate traffic flow congestion at unsignalized intersections caused by accidents, reduce vehicle congestion time and waiting time, and improve intersection safety as well as intersection access efficiency, a speed guidance algorithm based on pedestrian-to-vehicle (P2V) and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication technologies is proposed. The method considers the heading angle (direction of motion) of vehicles and pedestrians and combines the post encroachment time (PET) and time to collision (TTC) to determine whether there is a risk of collision, so as to guide the speed of vehicles. Network simulator NS3 and traffic flow simulation software SUMO are used to verify the effectiveness of the speed guidance strategy proposed in this article. The experimental findings demonstrate that the speed guidance strategy introduced in this article
Sun, YuanyuanWang, KanLiu, WeizhenLi, Wenli
Letter from the Guest Editors
Liang, CiTörngren, Martin
Coyner, KelleyBittner, Jason
This SAE Aerospace Standard (AS) contains requirements for a digital time division command/response multiplex data bus, for use in systems integration that is functionally similar to MIL-STD-1553B with Notice 2 but with a star topology and some deleted functionality. Even with the use of this document, differences may exist between multiplex data buses in different system applications due to particular application requirements and the options allowed in this document. The system designer must recognize this fact and design the multiplex bus controller (BC) hardware and software to accommodate such differences. These designer selected options must exist to allow the necessary flexibility in the design of specific multiplex systems in order to provide for the control mechanism, architectural redundancy, degradation concept, and traffic patterns peculiar to the specific application requirements.
AS-1A Avionic Networks Committee
This document defines a set of standard application layer interfaces called JAUS Autonomous Capabilities Services. JAUS Services provide the means for software entities in an unmanned system or system of unmanned systems to communicate and coordinate their activities. The Autonomous Behaviors Services represent the platform-independent capabilities commonly found in platforms across domains, including air, maritime, and ground. At present five (5) services are defined in this document. These services are: Comms Lost Policy Manager: Detect and recover from loss of communications with a control station Retrotraverse: Return along a path previously traveled Self-Righting: Attempt to recover from a tip over condition Cost Map 2D: Provides information about the current operating environment of the platform Path Reporter: Provides information about the previous or future planned path of the platform
AS-4JAUS Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems Committee
This document describes machine-to-machine (M2M)1 communication to enable cooperation between two or more traffic participants or CDA devices hosted or controlled by said traffic participants. The cooperation supports or enables performance of the dynamic driving task (DDT) for a subject vehicle equipped with an engaged driving automation system feature and a CDA device. Other participants may include other vehicles with driving automation feature(s) engaged, shared road users (e.g., drivers of conventional vehicles or pedestrians or cyclists carrying compatible personal devices), or compatible road operator devices (e.g., those used by personnel who maintain or operate traffic signals or work zones). Cooperative driving automation (CDA) aims to improve the safety and flow of traffic and/or facilitate road operations by supporting the safer and more efficient movement of multiple vehicles in proximity to one another. This is accomplished, for example, by sharing information that can be
Cooperative Driving Automation(CDA) Committee
Hurricane evacuations generate high traffic demand with increased crash risk. To mitigate such risk, transportation agencies can adopt high-resolution vehicle data to predict real-time crash risks. Previous crash risk prediction models mainly used limited infrastructure sensor data without covering many road segments. In this article, we present methods to determine potential crash risks during hurricane evacuation from an emerging alternative data source known as connected vehicle data that contain vehicle speed and acceleration information collected at a high frequency (mean = 14.32, standard deviation = 6.82 s). The dataset was extracted from a database of connected vehicle data for the evacuation period of Hurricane Ida on Interstate-10 in Louisiana. Five machine learning models were trained considering weather features and different traffic characteristics extracted from the connected vehicle data. The results indicate that the Gaussian process boosting and extreme gradient
Syed, Zaheen E MuktadiHasan, Samiul
Platooning occurs when vehicles travel closely together to benefit from multi-vehicle movement, increased road capacity, and reduced fuel consumption. This study focused on reducing energy consumption under different driving scenarios and road conditions. To quantify the energy consumption, we first consider dynamic events that can affect driving, such as braking and sudden acceleration. In our experiments, we focused on modeling and analyzing the power consumption of autonomous platoons in a simulated environment, the main goal of which was to develop a clear understanding of the different driving and road factors influencing power consumption and to highlight key parameters. The key elements that influence the energy consumption can be identified by simulating multiple driving scenarios under different road conditions. The initial findings from the simulations suggest that by efficiently utilizing the inter-vehicle distances and keeping the vehicle movements concurrent, the power
Khalid, Muhammad ZaeemAzim, AkramulRahman, Taufiq
With the rapid development of intelligent connected vehicles, their open and interconnected communication characteristics necessitate the use of in-vehicle Ethernet with high bandwidth, real-time performance, and reliability. DDS is expected to become the middleware of choice for in-vehicle Ethernet communication. The Data Distribution Service (DDS), provided by the Object Management Group (OMG), is an efficient message middleware based on the publish/subscribe model. It offers high real-time performance, flexibility, reliability, and scalability, showing great potential in service-oriented in-vehicle Ethernet communication. The performance of DDS directly impacts the stable operation of vehicle systems, making accurate evaluation of DDS performance in automotive systems crucial for optimizing system design. This paper proposes a latency decomposition method based on DDS middleware, aiming to break down the overall end-to-end latency into specific delays at each processing stage
Yu, YanhuaLuo, FengRen, YiHou, Yongping
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) cooperation has emerged as a fundamental technology to overcome the limitations of the individual ego-vehicle perception. Onboard perception is limited by the lack of information for understanding the environment, the lack of anticipation, the drop of performance due to occlusions and the physical limitations of embedded sensors. The perception of V2I in a cooperative manner improves the perception range of the ego vehicle by receiving information from the infrastructure that has another point of view, mounted with sensors, such as camera and LiDAR. This technical paper presents a perception pipeline developed for the infrastructure based on images with multiple viewpoints. It is designed to be scalable and has five main components: the image acquisition for the modification of camera settings and to get the pixel data, the object detection for fast and accurate detection of four wheels, two wheels and pedestrians, the data fusion module for robust
Picard, QuentinMorice, MaloFadili, MaryemPechberti, Steve
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