The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) will again join the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (MWC), the largest and most influential yearly event in the field of connectivity, taking place between February 27 and March 2. This event will gather tens of thousands of high-level executives coming from the most relevant global tech companies in the world, representatives from international governments and members of emerging business that are revolutionising the connectivity scene worldwide.  

This year’s edition will approach some of the hottest topics in the technological horizon, putting its focus on the subjects surrounding the furthest developments of 5G, 6G and immersive technology.  Having amassed more than 60,000 attendees last year, MWC expects to surpass these numbers with the selected topics for the 2023 edition.  

5GAA plans not only to attend the MWC with the objective to discuss the innovations taking place in the field of cellular-based connectivity, but also to actively participate in the Congress by welcoming visitors and partners at our booth and hosting a Press Tour that will allow attendees to get a better idea of our members’ advancements in C-V2X technologies. 

• 5GAA BOOTH AT THE SHOW FLOOR 

The 5GAA booth will allow for attendees to learn more about our association works and activities, as well as benefits for members. This booth will be located in Hall 2C55 and  remain active all throughout the duration of the congress, from Monday, February 27, to Thursday, March 2.  

• 5GAA’S PRESS TOUR 

On February 27 from 8:45 to 10:00 AM (CET), 5GAA will host its Press Tour. Starting in our booth at the show floor, this tour will be the perfect opportunity for  journalists to explore our members’ booths and find out more about their market innovations and developments. The tour includes scheduled visits to Qualcomm, Vodafone, Ericson and Rhode & Schwarz, amongst other of our association members. This Press Tour will also grant participants the chance to ask our members’ representatives any questions they may have.  

Don’t miss out on this year’s Congress. Buy your pass for MWCB 2023 here.

The BRIDGE cross-Working Group work item (XWI) was established under the 5GAA ‘Digital Roads’ priority area. The concept of digital roads includes many elements, but BRIDGE addresses the business priorities of the Road Operators (RO) and how Co-operative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) and Vehicle to Everything (V2X) services, provided by Communications Service Providers (CSP), can support them directly. 

The BRIDGE work item obtained high-level guidance on the expectations and priorities of Road Operators. The Road Operator representatives that participated offered their views on the importance or priority of the business areas to their organisation and indicated which individual use cases were of interest. After a number of individual discussions, the BRIDGE team compiled a summary of the results, which are presented in this report.

The 5GAA work item BRIDGE aims to determine how Communications Service Providers (CSPs) can support the C-ITS/V2X expectation of Road Operators in the near future to encourage and accelerate the deployment of C-ITS use cases on the road.

Following on from a series of discussions with European Road Operator strategists, a set of four exemplary C-ITS use cases was identified with a view to understanding what might be required from CSPs to achieve the above-mentioned objective. Additionally, a set of possible network requirements were defined and short-listed. Modelling showed that all of the use cases can be delivered on existing mobile networks today, assuming network coverage is sufficient for Road Operator requirements.

Find out the rest on this 5GAA Technical Report.

The present report contains the third volume (Volume III) of 5GAA WG1 agreed use case (UC) descriptions for Use Cases developed within the 5GAA and consolidated in WG1. The results and conclusions of this report, and of the future use case descriptions and related communication requirements, are intended to serve as input for the work of other WGs in 5GAA, as well as sources for input and feedback to standardization activities, e.g., in 3GPP.

Read the full report here.

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) has the pleasure to announce its Conference on 6 February in Brussels.

This event is intended to advance the dialogue between high-level institutional and industry stakeholders on current challenges in the field of connected and automated mobility. Representatives from the European institutions, local and national authorities, and 5GAA members will discuss ongoing challenges for connected and automated mobility and provide solutions by presenting the capabilities and deployment models of the Cellular Vehicle to Everything (“C-V2X”) technology.

Agenda:

09:00 – 09:30: Welcome and Introduction
09:30 – 10:30: First Session

– 5G: The Connected and Automated Automotive Revolution
– 5G in Cars: Is the Technology Ready?
– Digitalising European roads: leveraging synergies with mobile networks

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00: Second Session

– Current status of the 5G Strategic Deployment Agenda in Europe
– The Evolving Role of National Road Authorities in The Digital Era

12:00 – 12:50: ‘Ask the 5GAA experts’ Session
12:50 – 13:00: Closing Session

Confirmed speakers include:

– Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth (video message)
– Dino Flore, Vice President of Technology, Qualcomm
– Caspar de Jonge, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
– Johannes Springer, CTO Connected Car T-Systems & Director General of the 5G Automotive Association
– Maxime Flament, CTO of the 5G Automotive Association

More speakers will be announced shortly. 

Stay tuned for the detailed programme!

The Mobile World Congress Shanghai, the premier industry event in China, assembles the entire mobile ecosystem and key players from the region to meet, discuss and reveal the latest innovation and technology advances in the field. In continuity with its announcement at the MWC in Barcelona, the 5GAA will pursue its involvement and will present an exciting roundtable focusing on the outstanding progress made by China with implementing C-V2X and how this will positively impact the introduction of the technology at a global level.

5GAA Roundtable |Connected Mobility in Action
Thursday 28 June | 9:00 – 13:00
Kerry Hotel Pudong, Level 3, Pudong Ballroom 5

Join us for an exclusive half-day session and hear from Chinese government officials and leaders from the automotive, technology and telecommunications companies as they share the latest updates on the deployment of the C-V2X Technology in China and the future implementation in other regions. Speakers from 5GAA member companies will present and discuss – during an exciting panel discussion – to highlight the progress made globally.

Link to Session

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Following on the recent publication of a technical report on the Predictive QoS and V2X Service Adaptation (PRESA) Work Item, the 5G Automotive Association is hosting an online session on Friday, January 27, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM (CET).

The session, “V2X Application Adaptation based on Predictive QoS Changes”, will be led by Huawei’s Antonio Consoli and Alimi Hamidian, and Tencent’s Lei Yixue. As the leading contributors to this publication, they will present the highlights of the PRESA technical report on enhancing the framework for V2X application adaptation when a QoS change is predicted in the network.

The three speakers will explain the methodology for analysing V2X use cases that use predictive QoS information to enable V2X application adaptation for the vehicles, as well as the coordination between 3GPP and 5GAA to promote end-to-end solutions and standards for QoS prediction and V2X application adaptation.

Registrations are now open.

Brussels – Today, we join together to reaffirm our continued support for the rapid, widespread deployment of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies in order to further improve safety on American roads. V2X, which allows communication between vehicles, infrastructure, and other road users such as pedestrians and bicyclists, provides drivers with crucial warnings necessary to improve safety. Our organizations represent the full breadth of the transportation stakeholder community and are aligned in our belief that the widespread deployment of V2X technologies can dramatically reduce crashes and fatalities on American roads for all road users.

We believe that 2023 will be a pivotal year for V2X deployment. Transportation stakeholders have aligned behind one V2X technology, cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X), clearing the way for a unified, nationwide approach to the deployment of this tool. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently held a V2X Summit in which it committed to the development of a Nationwide V2X Deployment Plan, lending crucial leadership to the deployment of these technologies. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to deliver much needed regulatory clarity for the deployment of C-V2X through the issuance of pending waivers to operate in the 5.9 GHz Band. Multiple stakeholders are making significant investments in CV2X today, and the waivers under consideration at the FCC are urgently needed to move forward with deployment plans.

We wish to express our appreciation for the work being done by USDOT, FCC, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to maintain interference-free dedicated spectrum and quickly establish the regulatory framework that will allow for widespread deployment of C-V2X. This includes the FCC first allowing near-term deployments to move forward under waiver authority, the FCC issuing a Second Report and Order that sets the final rules for the future of these technologies and protects the spectrum from interference, and USDOT adopting a Nationwide V2X Deployment Plan. As these steps are undertaken, our organizations will continue to work collaboratively to resolve remaining issues to deploy CV2X, giving drivers and other road users a critical tool to improve safety, reduce crashes, and decrease fatalities.

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Intelligent Transportation Society of America
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Alliance for Automotive Innovation
American Highway Users Alliance
American Traffic Safety Services Association
American Trucking Association
Institute of Transportation Engineers
5G Americas
5G Automotive Association
National Electrical Manufacturers Association

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About 5GAA

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is a global, cross-industry organization of over 130 members made of leading global automakers, Tier-1 suppliers, mobile operators, semiconductor companies, and test equipment vendors. It works together to develop end-to-end solutions for future mobility and transport services. 5GAA is committed to helping define and develop the next generation of connected mobility, automated vehicle, and intelligent transport solutions based on C-V2X.

 The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is pleased to announce our next Workshop on “C-V2X: The Future of Connected and Automated Driving in North America” in Toronto on August 8, 2019. Latest developments of the Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything  (C-V2X) technology will be presented to North American transportation stakeholders including policymakers, road traffic authorities & road operators, as well as a wide array of interest groups and industry representatives.

This Workshop is intended to advance the dialogue between high-level institutional and industry stakeholders on current challenges in the field of connected and automated driving and to provide solutions by presenting the capabilities and deployment models of the C-V2X technology in North America.

Due to limited capacity, the workshop is by invitation only. Please contact liaison@5gaa.org for more information.

The detailed workshop programme is available here.

Following the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to join a demonstration of C-V2X technology scenarios organised by our members Bell and Huawei.

 

 

 

 

The current development of communication technologies opens up new opportunities and enables novel V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) services in the automotive area. However, specific design constraints faced by the automotive industry lead to complex implementations, as the allowed positions and mounting spaces for antennas, communication modules, and the required cabling can be very limited. These challenges commonly require vehicular-Distributed Antenna System (DAS) approaches.

This white paper provides an analysis of the motivation for and needs associated with vehicular-DAS, as well as proposals for some vehicular-DAS design solutions. In addition, it describes the implementation feasibility and potential benefits of vehicular-DAS based on measured computer simulation results, and evaluates potential vehicular-DAS impacts on current specifications.