Community

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is a global association with over 100 member companies from the automotive and telecommunications industries. Partners who are active in the broader telecommunications and automotive ecosystem, such as universities, research bodies, associations, and public authorities also joined the ecosystem. Each of the 5GAA members bring added value to the 5GAA mission through their contributions and visionary mindset. Together, the key partners foster collaboration and exchange to path the way towards the new mobility era.

Projects

European Projects

5GCAR

The Fifth Generation Communication Automotive Research and innovation, 5GCAR, is a 5GPPP Phase 2 project. The 5GCAR research and innovation initiative addresses the stringent requirements posed on the wireless communication system by bringing the fields of telecommunication and automotive closer together and investigating the benefit of 5G for demanding automotive use cases.

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5G-DRIVE

The Horizon 2020 project 5G-DRIVE: 5G HarmoniseD Research and TrIals for serVice Evolution between EU and China (2018-2021) aims at trialling and validating the interoperability between EU & China 5G networks operating at 3.5 GHz bands for enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and 3.5 & 5.9 GHz bands for V2X scenarios.

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5G-EVE

5G EVE is the European 5G validation platform for extensive trials. The goal is to implement and test advanced 5G infrastructures in Europe. The 5G-EVE concept is based on further developing and interconnecting existing European sites in Greece, Spain, France, and Italy to form a unique 5G end-to-end facility.

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5G-MOBIX

The 5G-MOBIX project is co-financed by the European Commission within the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme. 5G-MOBIX will develop and test automated vehicle functionalities using 5G core technological innovations along multiple cross-border corridors and urban trial sites, under conditions of vehicular traffic, network coverage, service demand, as well as considering the inherently distinct legal, business and social local aspects.

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5G ROUTES

5G-ROUTES is a 5G-PPP Phase 3 project whose aim is to validate through robust evidence the latest 5G features and 3GPP specifications (R.16 & R.17) of Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) under realistic conditions. In particular, it will conduct advanced large-scale field trials of most representative CAM applications to demonstrate seamless functionality across a prominent 5G cross-border corridor (Via Baltica-North), traversing Latvia, Estonia and Finland.

5G-CroCo

The Fifth Generation Cross-Border Control, 5G-CroCo, is a 5G-PPP Phase 3 Innovation Action. 5GCroCo aims to trail 5G technologies in the cross-border corridor along France, Germany and Luxembourg. In addition, 5GCroCo also intends to define new business models that can be built on top of this unprecedented connectivity and service provisioning capacity. Ultimately, 5GCroCo will impact relevant standardization bodies from the telco and automotive industries.

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5G-CARMEN

5G for Connected and Automated Road Mobility in the European Union, 5G-CARMEN, will build a 5G-enabled corridor from Bologna to Munich to conduct cross-border trials of 5G technologies in four major use cases: cooperative manoeuvring, situation awareness, video streaming, and green driving. Multi-tenancy and neutral host concepts will be leveraged to deliver a final platform capable of enabling new business models. 5G-CARMEN will complement C-V2X with LTE and C-ITS technologies, targeting interoperability and harnessing a hybrid network.

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CONCORDA

The CONCORDA project, launched in October 2017 and funded by the Connecting Europe Facility, will contribute to the preparation of European motorways for connected and automated driving and high-density truck platooning, by providing adequate connected services and technologies in terms of interferences and interoperability.

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Global5G

Global5G is a Coordination and Support Action within Europe’s 5G public and private partnership (5G PPP) that is working on both fronts through its focus on vertical industries and small cell deployments. It works closely with the private side of the 5G PPP – the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G-IA) to help boost impacts through diverse working groups and task force activities.

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5G MED

5GMED is an innovative H2020-funded project that focuses on a sustainable 5G deployment model for future mobility in the cross-border corridor between Spain and France. Aside from the implementation of four different use cases, 5GMED’s trials seek to enhance roaming transitions across MNOs and neutral hosts for both Cooperative and Connected Automated Mobility (CCAM) and Future Railway Mobile Communications Systems (FRMCS).

NordicWay

NordicWay 2 is a C-ITS pilot project that enables vehicles, infrastructure and network operators to communicate safety hazards and other information from roads in the Nordic countries between different stakeholders. The project is a collaboration between public and private partners in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark and builds on the achievements of the previous NordicWay project.

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Ensemble

ENSEMBLE wants to communicate the economic, societal and environmental impact of decisions surrounding platoon forming and dissolving. ENSEMBLE also strives to modernize the transport system by finding an optimal balance between fuel consumption, emission level, travel times and impact on highway traffic flow, resulting in reduced impacts on climate change, air pollution, noise, health and accidents.

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ARCADE

ARCADE is a Coordination and Support Action that coordinates consensus-building across stakeholders for sound and harmonised deployment of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Driving (CAD). It supports the development of a common approach to the development, testing, validation and deployment of CAD in Europe and beyond, and aims to establish a joint stakeholders forum in order to coordinate and harmonise automated road transport approaches at a European and international level.

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5G BLUEPRINT

5G Blueprint is a H2020-funded project that aims to design and validate technical architecture, business models and governance for interrupted cross-border teleoperated transport based on 5G connectivity. Its objective is to provide a blueprint for operational pan-European deployment of teleoperated transport solutions in the logistics sector, and beyond. It explores the economics of 5G in cross-border transport and the issues of responsibility and accountability within the value chain.

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STARDUST

Stardust is an H2020 Smart Cities project, which brings together exemplary models of smart, highly efficient, intelligent, and citizen-oriented cities. The project focuses on intelligent solutions for energy, mobility and ICT, to be integrated into cities together with innovative business models. One of its objectives is to create and deploy open city information platforms, that allows cities to engage actively with each other and to share information. The project’s results will serve as a blueprint for replication across Europe and abroad.

National Projects

ConVeX 

Funded by the German Ministry of Transportation and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) in the program  “Automated and Connected Driving on Digital Test Fields in Germany”, the objective of the project ConVeX is to set up a testbed for the first field tests of 3GPP LTE Release 14 Cellular V2X (C-V2X) and validate its performance and feasibility.

The 52^nd edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the most influential technology events in the world, is taking place in Las Vegas from the 5^th to the 8^{th of} January 2022. The event gathers more than 1900 leading companies and hundreds of thought leaders from around the world to showcase the latest technology developments in many different sectors.

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is glad to announce that its members Continental, Hexagon, Qualcomm, Rohde & Schwarz, Samsung, and TÜV Rhineland will participate in the event to showcase the latest C-V2X technology deployments. At their booth, the audience will experience how C-V2X will shape the next generation of mobility by making transport safer and more efficient.

Check out our map below to overview 5GAA’s members’ activities at CES Las Vegas 2022.
You can download the brochure here.

The 5G Automotive Association is glad to announce its partnership with IMT 2020(5G)Promotion Group’s  2021 C-V2X “four-span” (Shanghai, Suzhou and Wu-Xi) demonstration event taking place 19-22 October 2021. The event showcases an array of Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) demonstrations in Shanghai, Suzhou and Wuxi in China.

The demonstration fully implemented  C-V2X technology based on the domestic IoT standard system. The event supports urban smart transportation vehicle-road collaborative applications, promote the establishment of efficient and safe urban smart transportation. The pilot application practice achieved “cross-chip modules, cross-terminals, cross-vehicles, and cross-safety platforms”interconnection, and 5G empowered intelligent driving.

Demonstrations will feature 5GAA members such as Huawei (Lu Lei, V2V & V2I use cases) in Shanghai and China Mobile (Li Yuan, use cases for efficiency improvement scenarios such as congestion reminders based on infrastructure, intelligent network cloud & edge computing platforms) in Suzhou.

The event is organized in collaboration with China Industry Innovation Alliance for the Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, China Society of Automotive Engineers, China ITS  Industry Alliance, China Communications Standards Association, National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization, Innovator (Suzhou) Digital Transportation Industry Investment Co., Ltd and Shanghai International Automobile City Group Co.Ltd and in partnership with 5GAA and German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) China Office.

More information on the demonstrations is available below.

On Tuesday 28 September 2021 the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) hosted an online conference on “5G: Connected Mobility in the digital age” to discuss the ongoing challenges and opportunities fostered by the digitalization of road transport in Europe.  

The event brought together EU representatives, local and national authorities, and the connected automotive ecosystem to the heart of Europe to advance the dialogue on the latest state-of-play and capabilities of Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X), the EU regulatory framework and the importance of the 5G roll-out, and the crucial role of C-V2X technology to increase traffic safety and efficiency and achieve lower emissions globally. 

The Association had the pleasure to have European Commissioner for Transport Adina-Ioana Vălean open the conference and address the attendees. “Our Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy sets out milestones for the transformation of our transport system – and Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility will play a key role: by 2030, we expect automation to be deployed at a large scale” stated Commissioner Vălean.

The event welcomed high-level representatives such as Daniel Mes, Cabinet of Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans, Charlotte Nørlund-Matthiessen, Cabinet of Commissioner for Transport Adina-Ioana Vălean, Member of European Parliament Henna Virkkunen, Peter Stuckmann, DG CONNECT Head of Unit Future Connectivity Systems, the European Cyclists’ Federation (Jill Warren, Chief Executive Office), Spain’s Directorate-General for Traffic (Ana Isabel Blanco Bergareche, Associated Deputy Director), the City of Turin (Nicola Farronato, Head of Innovation) and the Swedish Transport Administration (Hamid Zarghampour, Chief Strategist Connected and Automated Transports). It also witnessed a strong ecosystem presence, with speakers from 5GAA members BMW, Stellantis, Volvo Cars, Ford, HERE Technologies, Telefonica, TIM and Huawei.

Rewatch the event in the videos below.

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To advance the dialogue between high-level institutional and industry stakeholders on current challenges in the field of connected and automated mobility, the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is organising an online conference on 28 September 2021, from 9:15 am to 3:00 am CEST.

Representatives from the European institutions, local and national authorities as well as 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

Please see the full agenda here.

09:15 – 09:30: Connected Mobility in the Digital Decade

09:30 – 10:15: 5GAA C-V2X visionary roadmap 2030

10:15 – 11:00: The global progress of C-V2X

11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:15: Panel discussion: Digitalisation of road transport – Quo Vadis, Europe?

12:15 – 13:00: Lunch Break – Exhibition booths

13:00 – 14:00: The path towards road digitalisation

14:00 – 14:45: Panel discussion: Connected Mobility for climate neutrality

14:45 – 15:00: Closing keynote speech

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

• Francesco Lilli, Automotive Research and Advanced Engineering, Global Head of Advanced Connectivity, Stellantis
• Bernardo Campillo Soto, Head of Industry Analysts and Ecosystem, Telefonica
• Wang Xuemin, Vice-President for Standardization & Industry Development, Huawei
• Jovan Zagajac, Product Group Manager, Enterprise Connectivity, Ford Motor Company
• Charlotte Nørlund-Matthiessen, Cabinet of Commissioner for Transport Adina-Ioana Vălean, European Commission
• Johannes Springer, Lead of 5G automotive program, Deutsche Telekom
• Ana Isabel Blanco Bergareche, Directorate-General for Traffic, Spain
• Stephan Durach, Senior Vice President – Connected Company Development, BMW
• Bart Sweerman, Senior Vice President, Services, HERE Technologies GmbH
• Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit – Future Connectivity Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission
• Daniele Franceschini, Head of Technology Innovation, Standardization & Portfolio Department, TIM
• Hamid Zarghampour, Chief Strategist, connected and automated transports, Swedish Transport Administration
• Nicola Farronato, Head of Innovation, City of Turin
• Daniel Mes, Member of Frans Timmermans’ Cabinet, European Commission
• Marie Högberg, Head of Connectivity Strategy, Volvo Cars
• Jill Warren, Chief Executive Office, European Cyclists’ Federation

If you have any questions, please get in touch at marcom@5gaa.org 

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is very pleased to participate in the European edition of the ITS World Congress and to be part, alongside its members, of the discussion with global stakeholders in the field of connected mobility. This year, the event will take place from 11 to 15 October 2021 in Hamburg and will allow to “Experience Future Mobility Now.”

ITS World Congress is the world’s largest and most prominent event focused on smart mobility and the digitalisation of transports. It aims to underline the importance of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and raise awareness of smart mobility solutions among policy makers, experts, and the general public. It will be a great opportunity to present the latest developments in ITS and enjoy networking opportunities.

Smart mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are crucial constitutive elements of 5GAA, as the association helps shape technological advances in the field. Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS) are the technologies associated with connected vehicles. These technologies, enabled by wireless transactions (V2X), would have a crucial impact on road safety and traffic efficiency. 5GAA supports the idea that 5G will be the ultimate platform to enable C-ITS and the provision of V2X.

5GAA and its members will be involved in different activities.

• During the event, we will have a booth where both industry and media visitors can learn more about 5GAA’s action to foster connected mobility.
• On 13 October, from 2 to 3 pm CEST we will host a press tour, moderated by Roger Lanctot, which will focus on concrete examples of C-V2X solutions as shown by 5GAA member demonstrations and booths. The members featured in the tour will be Qualcomm, Bosch, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom & Continental, Novatel/Hexagon, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS.
• 5GAA will also organise a workshop on “Connecting to Future Mobility”, from 9 am to 12 pm CEST, in Room X10 of the Congress Centre, followed by a networking lunch. The session will be a great opportunity to discuss the acceleration of C-V2X deployment and future-proof investments in digital infrastructure, compare the specifics between road corridors and urban areas, and to exchange about digital mobility services at large.
  The discussion will outline the cooperation models enabling the deployment and use of 5G infrastructures for connected and automated mobility. The workshop aims at bridging representatives of national, regional & local road authorities and operators together with industry representatives.Register here to attend the event.

5GAA, a global cross-industry consortium working to develop end-to-end solutions for future mobility and transportation services, commissioned Ricardo to develop the report to help improve understanding of the costs, challenges and opportunities of different communication technology approaches to Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) use cases.

V2I is not a new technology consideration, with research and development activities related to connected vehicle applications ongoing for over two decades. However, there is now growing momentum for wider scale deployment of communication technologies in both vehicles and road infrastructure.

To date deployment activities have been fragmented and relatively slow, due to continued emphasis on research, no common vision of communication technologies and market uncertainty, making it challenging for most stakeholders to develop suitable business cases.

To help support a greater understanding of financial viability of the communication approaches implemented in the EU and US V2I market, Ricardo transport and mobility experts, supported by technical experts from Roke Manor Research, analysed a range options which include the use of a pure cellular network system and using a combination of the cellular network with direct communication interfaces via the radio spectrum.

Using outputs from extensive research and engagement with key ecosystem players, the study weighs up strengths, weaknesses and complementarity of the different communications technologies in terms of their technical performance and costs, aligning them with the different use cases. For example, the cost analysis highlights that a pure cellular deployment approach in Europe and US is 40-45% lower cost compared with deployments that include direct communication roadside units.

To recognise the opportunities and benefits identified, Ricardo’s experts have made a number of recommendations that include increased cooperation and communication of roadmaps between vehicle manufacturers, central government, road operators and cellular technology providers – in particular with the consideration of interoperability of technology solutions. Central government are also identified as playing a key role through effective implementation of financial instruments to leverage private sector investment and support wider deployment.

Denis Naberezhnykh, Ricardo’s transport technical director commented:  “Increased communication and connectivity between vehicle and infrastructure have the potential to create significant benefit, not only to the user of the vehicle, but also through wide-ranging societal benefits that will positively impact the economy, community mobility and the environment. The current fragmentation of technical approaches and stakeholders has the potential to significantly slow V2I market adoption and so we’re proud to develop this report, on behalf of 5GAA, to create greater understanding of financial viability and how that aligns with technology choices, as well as to help identify where increased collaboration is needed”.

Read the full study

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On 26 March, 5GAA held its first public webinar on Predictive QoS – using 5G network data analytics to enable proactive C-V2X adaptation, with Ali Hamidian, Research & Development Manager at Huawei Sweden.

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Click here to download the webinar recording or watch it online below.

Click here to read the White Paper Making 5G Proactive and Predictive for the Automotive Industry.

Over 50% of accidents & fatalities involve vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists.

Learn more about how C-V2X contributes to protect vulnerable road users.