The 26th 5GAA Meeting Week will take place in Seoul, South Korea between 8 – 12 May, 2023.

To promote the dialogue on current challenges in the field of connected and automated mobility in Korea, the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is organising a conference focusing on “The Future of Connected Mobility in South Korea”. High-level institutional stakeholders will join national and international industry representatives to discuss how connected mobility and intelligent transportation systems can advance road safety and automated driving in the Korean transport ecosystem.

See the Programme and Schedule of the 5GAA session here.

John F. Kwant will lead 5GAA’s U.S. activities as the trade association’s first Executive Director, Americas

Washington DC, March 28th – The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) has announced the appointment of John F. Kwant as the organization’s inaugural Executive Director, Americas. In this new role, he will serve as the principal spokesperson for 5GAA in the United States while developing and executing a public policy and communications strategy to advance the safe and timely deployment of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (“C-V2X”) technology.

“John is a well-known and respected thought leader and advocate for connected technology deployment, so we are thrilled to have him lead 5GAA’s efforts to facilitate connected mobility in the United States. John’s appointment as Executive Director, Americas signals how far 5GAA has progressed in recent years, and the creation of this position is a natural next step in shaping the new era of mobility and paving the way towards connected driving,” said Christoph Voigt, chairman of the 5GAA Board. “His extensive advocacy experience and knowledge of the connected mobility landscape make him uniquely suited to navigate public policy issues, build relationships, and drive 5GAA’s message in the Americas.”

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021, a 10.5 percent increase from 2020. Many of these incidents could be avoided with the broad deployment of roadway safety technologies like C-V2X. NHTSA has previously estimated that safety applications enabled by V2X could eliminate or mitigate the severity of more than 80 percent of light vehicle crashes.

“With the right policies in place, C-V2X technology will deliver significant safety benefits and would likely help to reverse the rising number of roadway fatalities on our roadways. I believe we’re at an inflection point, with broad public and private sector consensus that now is the time to deploy,” said Kwant. “I am thrilled to be working with recognized leaders in the automotive, telecommunications, and technology industries towards broadscale deployment of C-V2X solutions.”

Kwant is a native Michigander with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. He also holds both a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Engineering Management degree from Northwestern University.

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. For more information, visit our website www.5gaa.org.

The present document is continuing the previous work from 5GAA MEC4AUTO studies and reports. The previous work identified a set of possible Use Cases and related KPI’s for evaluating MEC performance. In this document we take a more detailed look at the MEC deployment architecture and the related interoperability and testing issues. Also, the selection of Use Cases and KPI’s is reviewed and updated, and the current status of industry/standards activities for interoperability and testing is also updated.

Read the full report here.

This gMEC4AUTO Technical Report (TR) studies cybersecurity aspects related to MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) deployments in Multi-MNO, Multi-OEM and multivendor environments.

Starting from an analysis of the threats in this gMEC4AUTO architecture (from security, privacy and trust perspectives), it provides an overview of Mitigation Strategies, as a toolbox of solutions available from standards or from industry-led consolidated implementations, by finally assessing them in terms of suitability from a gMEC4AUTO perspective (MEC in Multi-MNO, Multi-OEM and multivendor environments).

Read the report here.

This document is focusing on the MEC live trials and related public demonstrations of selected automotive use cases in multi-MNO multi-OEM environments, carried out in various regions of the world.

The report explores technical, regulatory and business constraints around deployment of multi-MNO MEC scenarios under different conditions and meeting auto OEM requirements

Read the report here.

5G Automotive Association is pleased to invite you to our online session, “Global MEC technology to support automotive services“, taking place on April 4th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM (CET).

The 5GAA approach to MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) technology for automotive services follows car industry needs to consider multi-operator, multiple car maker, and multi-vendor scenarios. 

In order to support global MEC deployments, 5GAA started working since 2019 on this area by targeting live trials to easily demonstrate MEC applications and use cases in those scenarios of interest (MEC4AUTO approach). 

This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the many recent activities in this field, including architectural insights inspired by live trials implementations with 5G networks, interoperability and testing aspects, business and market considerations, but also technology aspects, standardization impacts, usage of edge predictive analytics, network slicing and cybersecurity aspects for the targeted scenarios. 

Attendants of the webinar will get an updated view of real-life issues related to global MEC deployments, both from technical and business perspectives, together with an anticipation of future 5GAA activities in this field.

Watch the recording here.

Download the presentation here.

5GAA to hold a session at ITS America Conference & Expo 2023 in Texas.

ITS America is a premier event that brings together decision-makers and their supporting teams from public and private sector transportation agencies to learn about the implementation of new technologies and solutions that will enable a safer, greener, and smarter transportation system, at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, Texas, April 24-27, 2023.  ​

ITS America Conference & Expo allows the smart mobility community to come together to explore the deployment of intelligent transportation technologies that saves lives, improves mobility, promotes sustainability, and increases efficiency and productivity.​

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is proud to be a Partner in the event, bringing together key actors of the mobility ecosystem and leading the field of connected mobility. 5GAA is thrilled to attend this 2023 edition, having the opportunity to discover innovative technology advances and network again with mobile and tech industry influencers.

In this edition, 5GAA will be holding a session on connected mobility.

See the Programme and Schedule of the 5GAA session here.

For more information, please contact marcom@5gaa.org

The 5GAA work item VRU-PRO aims to increase our understanding of the implementations of Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) use cases based on recommendations highlighted in 5GAA’s VRU White Paper published in 2020.
During a set of activities carried out between 2020 and 2021, participating 5GAA members were divided in groups, which focused on targeted proof-of-concepts, demos and deployment activities. The outcome of these activities demonstrated how diverse approaches using V2X can increase safety for pedestrian, roadworkers, cyclists, e-bikes, mopeds, e-scooters and other powered two-wheelers. The learnings acquired are already feeding concrete plans to scale up deployment in different parts of the world.
5GAA’s next steps on VRU will focus on large-scale demos on interoperability of VRU solutions and applications, and in-depth studies on VRU Awareness Messaging (VAM) and Personal Safety Messaging (PSM) standardisation.

Find out the rest on this 5GAA Technical Report.

On February 9, to conclude its first meeting week of 2023, the 5G Automotive Association held a workshop on “C-V2X Mass Market Deployment in Real-Life Traffic”. Over two sessions, speakers examined connected mobility for road management in The Netherlands and Flanders and the benefits of connected mobility services for end-users.   

Continuing a tradition established last year in Atlanta (US) and Málaga (Spain), the 5G Automotive Association capped off its meeting week in The Hague —the first of four to be held in 2023 — with a workshop for members and guests.  

The workshop, which took place on the morning of February 9 at the Marriott Hotel in the Dutch capital, gathered delegates and partners for two different sessions featuring representatives from member organisations, public stakeholders, and road operators. 5GAA Director General Johannes Springer was responsible for welcoming attendees, while Vice Chair Uwe Puetzschler delivered the closing speech with an outlook of what is coming for 5G-V2X.  

During the first session, participants got an overview of the Netherlands’ and Flanders’ Connected Mobility Roadmaps from Wim Vandenberghe, Senior Advisor for ITS and CCAM at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, and Erika Decorte, Program Manager at the Flanders Authority for Roads and Traffic. Menno Malta, CEO of Monotch, wrapped up the session by delving into the C-ITS ecosystem deployment and architecture.  

The second session, on the other hand, explored how end-users are leveraging connecting mobility services. René Spaan, Project Leader for Smart Mobility in the City of Helmond (Netherlands, presented use cases in urban settings. Participants also got to learn more about C-V2X services for emergency vehicles thanks to Gerard Berendschot, Manager of Quality and Policy at the Netherlands’ Ambulance Care. Finally, 5GAA delegate Andreas Schaller, Head of V2X Technology at Bosch, introduced the audience to the wrong-way driving application.  

After the workshop, the 5GAA Board hosted a close-door roundtable with nine road operators, who received a presentation about the association’s new C-V2X roadmap and engaged in some interactive discussions to dive into their priorities, needs, and expectations. This roundtable followed on 5GAA’s recent release of its “Conclusions and Recommendations for Communications Service Providers Supporting Road Operator Priorities and Expectations”, available here, and a technical report on “Road Operator Use Case Modelling and Analysis.”

In October 2022, sixteen members of the 5G Automotive Association gathered at the DEKRA facilities in Málaga to showcase ready-to-deploy C-V2X technology and what the future has in store for connected and automated mobility. Prominent members and partners of the 5GAA including 5GCroCo, Anritsu, Autotalks, Commsignia, Continental, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Keysight, Molex, Nokia, Rohde & Schwarz, Stellantis, Vodafone and Omniair demonstrated the current state of C-V2X and a wide range of applications for VRU (Vulnerable Road Users) protection, through a range of indoor and outdoor demos. The over 200 attendees included road operators, journalists from national and international media, and 5GAA delegates.