David Henry Chrysler LLC President, VII Consortium

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David HenryChrysler LLCPresident, VII
Consortium
Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Consortium
Status Update

• September 25, 2008

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DSRC. The VII Enabler!!!
Telematics Service Provider
Communication Hotspots (WIFI/WIMAX
Satellite to
Vehicle
Cellular
(GPS)
DSRC!
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DSRC Communication Spectrum
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Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC)

• In October 1999 the Federal Communications
  Commission (FCC) allocated the 5.9 GHz band
  (5.850-5.925 GHz) for Dedicated Short-Range
  Communications (DSRC) based Intelligent
  Transportation Systems (ITS) applications for the
  purpose of improving public safety
• In December 2003 the Commission adopted licensing
  and service rules for the 5.9 GHz Band. DSRC
  systems will provide a short-range, wireless link
  to transfer information between vehicles
  traveling at high speeds and roadside units or
  other vehicles.
• The low latency communications capability, in
  combination with a nationwide data collection
  and processing network, will enable significant
  improvements to safety mobility, and
  productivity/convenience
• The Final Rule and Order allows private and
  non-safety application to make use of the
  spectrum on a lower priority basis

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Vision of VII.

• Provide a mechanism for wirelessly sending and
  receiving information to and from vehicles, and
  between vehicles to
• Improve safety
• Vehicle-to-vehicle warnings and collision
  mitigation solutions
• Roadside-to-vehicle warnings intersections
  roadway weather, incidents, etc.
• Improve mobility though probe data and in vehicle
  signage
• Improve traffic flow information
• Enhanced roadway utilization (better signal
  timing control of traffic flow more responsive
  and efficient roadway maintenance)
• Flexible and efficient tolling concepts
  (congestion pricing, etc.)
• Allows for commercial operations. private
  services to offset operating costs
• Concierge type services
• Vehicle warranty and diagnostics
• Other commerce applications (payments and
  advisories)

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The Connected Vehicle Environment
Control Map Database
Private SectorUse
WIFI/WIMax
Vehicle to Cellular
Satellite toVehicle (GPS)
DSRCVehicle to Roadside
DSRCVehicle to Vehicle
Traffic Management Center
(TMC)
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VII Can Enable a Wide Range of Applications
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The VII Initiative

• The VII Initiative is a cooperative effort
  between Federal and state departments of
  transportation (DOTs) and vehicle manufacturers
  to evaluate the technical, economic, and
  social/political feasibility of deploying a
  communications system to be used primarily for
  improving the safety and efficiency of the
  nation's road transportation system. This
  communications system may also be used for other
  applications to the extent they do not interfere
  with the primary purpose of enhancing
  transportation safety and mobility.

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A Unique Partnership Is Required

• Key stakeholders are
• US Department of Transportation
• State Departments of Transportation
• Automobile Manufacturers

To address both technical and policy issues
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VII National Coalition Relationships

• The National VII Coalition was established in
  2004 to determine if the investment necessary to
  equip new vehicles and the roadway infrastructure
  with communications is warranted and can be
  synchronized.

VII National Coalition
VII National Executive Leadership Team VII
National Working Group
VIIC
USDOT
State Local DOTs
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VII Consortium

• Industry consortium founded to develop
  pre-competitive safety technologies
• Michigan 501 (c6) non-profit
• Nine (9) light-duty vehicle manufacturers

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As a result of the Program

• On-Board Equipment (OBE)
• Selected, developed and purchased platforms
• Radio Devices (Dedicated Short Range
  Communication - DSRC)
• Jointly developped a DSRC radio Linux drivers
  antenna
• Applications Development
• Developed basic prototype applications to
  exercisethe VII network (Probe Data Collection,
  Off-board navigation, In-vehicle signage,
  Payment applications)
• Vehicle Integration
• In the process of integrating equipment into
  thevehicles (CAN access, Display mount, OBE
  mount)
• Road Side Equipment (RSE) Installation

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Vehicle Test Fleet
VII Test Fleet 25 Vehicles of 4 different
makes 10 OEM vehicles
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Proof of Concept Purpose

• Implement a real world design for the mobile
  platform (vehicle), the network (infrastructure),
  and supporting services to test the concept
• Perform basic tests to characterize functionality
  and performance of system in the real world
• Develop typical concept applications to run on
  the mobile platform and network and confirm that
  the system architecture can simultaneously
  support typical safety, mobility commercial
  applications

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VII Proof of Concept

• Michigan DTE
• A Developmental Test Environment (DTE) will be
  built in Novi, MI and to serve as a test bed for
  any future VII Testing
• 57 Road-Side Equipment (RSE) Sites
• 13 Freeway
• 44 Arterial
• Over 45 Square Miles Covered
• 75 Miles of Roadway
• Interstate and Divided Highway 32 Miles
• Arterial 43 Miles
• Multiple technologies deployed to provide
  communications from RSEs to SDN (termed Backhaul
  Communications)
• WiMax 28 sites
• Wireline 21 sites
• 3G 5 sites
• WiFi 1 site

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DTE - Private Applications
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DTE Public Applications
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California POC

• Testing in California is required to enhance the
  test capability of the MI DTE in the following
  areas
• Terrain with substantial grades ( hills)
• Urban Canyon (narrow roads and tall building)
• Additionally, CA is conducive to testing of at
  least one private and several public applications
• Toll collection
• Signage
• Ramp metering
• Corridor management
• Traveler Information with rich traffic data
  sources

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Urban Canyon

• Determine performance of communication link and
  positioning service in urban canyon environment
• V to I in high multi-path environment (RSE
  overlap and occlusion mitigation)
• V to V in high multi-path environment
  (destructive interference)
• Dead reckoning performance with intermittent
  satellite views (QOS)

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Tolling

• VII Tolling in a real application
• Propose Dumbarton Bridge location
• Integration of VII tolling application with real
  payment system
• Validation of results with RF tags (FasTrak)
• Future demonstration of dynamic tolling in SF
  (Urban Partnership Agreement)

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Hilly Terrain

• Determine optimum position of RSEs on roads with
  steep grades
• Propose location similar to Sunol Grade on I-680
• Deploy a number of RSEs or a portable RSE to
  determine crude rules for deployment giving
  maximum coverage with minimum number of RSEs

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Focus of POC addressing the technical elements
of the viability criteria

• Safety....System is capable of saving lives
• Mobility.System is capable of reducing
  congestion
• Private Services.System supports delivery of
  private services to drivers
• Security.System is robust against intrusions and
  attacks
• Maintainability.System is life cycle
  maintainable
• Reliability.System is robust against failures
  and fails gracefully

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POC Key Findings Summary

• The use of 5.9GHz DSRC as a wireless medium to
  provide V to V and V to I communications for
  mobile applications, including safety, has proven
  to be feasible
• The architecture of RSEs networked to a service
  delivery node by a variety of back haul methods
  as a high level architecture for supporting
  envisioned multiple applications has proven to be
  feasible.
• The DSRC wireless medium together with the chosen
  networked architecture has met the goal of
  simultaneously supporting a wide variety of multi
  applications including safety, utilizing WSMs,
  UDP and TCP/IP protocols.
• Integration into the architecture of a security
  system embracing certification and encryption of
  wireless and network data has proven to be
  feasible.

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Never Forget the Institutional Issues
Will customers feel that their privacy has been
violated?
Will customers accept communication systems in
their vehicles?
What information is recorded?
Who owns, maintains, and operates the national
network?
Who has access to the information, network,
vehicle, and data?
Who is ultimately responsible?
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Questions?
Thank You