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5GAA Welcomes Release of Updated U.S. DOT Deployment Plan for Lifesaving V2X Technologies

5GAA Welcomes Release of Updated U.S. DOT Deployment Plan for Lifesaving V2X Technologies

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 16, 2024 – The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) welcomes the publication of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s updated V2X Deployment Plan and USDOT’s continuing commitment to the deployment of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications technologies on America’s roads.

The National V2X Deployment Plan outlines USDOT’s vision and specific milestones for the deployment of V2X. Cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology allows cars, trucks and other vehicles to send important safety alerts with one another, with road infrastructure and with vulnerable road users securely and in real-time, with two complementary transmission modes (direct and mobile network communications).

“Today’s release establishes clear objectives for future public and private investments in V2X in U.S. road transportation networks,” said John F. Kwant, Executive Director, Americas, for 5GAA. “V2X technologies are key to enabling the deployment of connected motor vehicles and roadside infrastructure that can sharply reduce road fatalities, a key goal of the National Road Safety Strategy. “  

Unlocking the full potential of V2X technologies requires as many road users, traffic signals and other traffic infrastructure as possible to be able to seamlessly communicate with one another and share information with a broader network. 5GAA believes that this requires the deployment to be nationwide, secure and interoperable, provide solutions for existing vehicles as well as new vehicles, and include interfaces for both C-V2X direct and network communications modes (cellular and non-terrestrial networks).

About 5GAA

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is a global, cross-industry organization of over 120 members, including leading global automakers, Tier-1 suppliers, mobile operators, semiconductor companies, and test equipment vendors. 5GAA members work 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.

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Work Items

Work Items

Completed Work Items – 2024

Technical Report

Objectives:

  • Explore use cases, system requirements, and deployment options for integrating Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication technologies with infrastructure sensors.
  • Outline a framework for developing interoperable, standardised solutions that can operate efficiently within existing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) spectrums.

 

White Paper

Objective:

  • Provide an update of 5GAA’s vision for the global deployment of smarter, safer and more sustainable mobility and transportation services.

 

Technical Report

Objectives:

  • Provide the state of the art including demonstrations and market status, regulation, and safety-related aspect regarding uncrewed ground robots (UGRs) as well as common analysis and system/component requirements for UGRs.
  • Show the methods of communication between UGRs and road users in view of existing gaps in ITS standards, to identify a way forward to incorporate UGRs in future standards.

 

Technical Report

Objective:

  • Outline a vision for integrating a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity layer as a complement to Terrestrial Networks (TN), enhancing coverage and services for connected vehicles.

 

Technical Report

Objectives:

  • Build on previous work in 5GAA on the topic of VRUs, focussing on co-existence and interoperability between different companies’ solutions.
  • Previous showcases and demonstrations have shown the functionality and safety benefits of VRU protection solutions, whereas the objective of VRU-DEMO is to show how these solutions are able to interact with each other.

 

White Paper

Objective:

  • Explore how to manage misbehaviour in Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication systems, where vehicles and infrastructure directly exchange information.

Technical Report

Objectives:

  • Provide a business perspective on the Vehicle-to-Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) market, covering market value, stakeholder needs, market growth drivers, and business models observed in various deployments.
  • The report complements the high-level V2N2X architecture described in the 5GAA white paper ‘Road traffic operation in a digital age’ and the technical report ‘Vehicle-to-Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) Communications; Architecture, Solution Blueprint, and Use Case Implementation Examples.’

Technical Report

Objectives:

  • Describe an ecosystem for stakeholders on how to realise various V2X applications and use cases (UCs), using cellular network communications in combination with information sharing structures between backend systems.
  • Clarify the different implementation options of the V2X application in a vehicle and their related implications.
  • The report complements the V2N2X business perspectives  in the 5GAA white paper ‘Road traffic operation in a digital age’ and the technical report ‘Business Perspectives on Vehicle-to-Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) Deployments’.

White Paper

Objective:

  • Propose a framework for trust assessment within CAVs by defining key terms related to trust and trustworthiness, establishing a foundation for building trust between these vehicles and creating a taxonomy for classifying different trust relationships.

Technical Report

Objectives:

  • Develop a methodology specifically for testing vehicular communication antennas and provide validation measures that account for the unique form factors and characteristics of each vehicle.
  • This document is an updated version of the Vehicular Antenna Test Methodology technical report published by 5GAA in 2021, available here.

Position Paper

Objectives:

  • Reflect the automotive and connectivity industries agreement on spectrum allocation for ITS services in the 5.9 GHz band in Europe.
  • This 5GAA position paper also takes into account the updates from ETSI and CEPT and proposes a deployment band configuration for road-ITS in the 5.9 GHz band.

White Paper

Objectives:

  • Propose a transformative approach for automotive stakeholders, emphasizing scalable digital data exchange and a federated architecture to manage road traffic information efficiently.
  • Recommend a National Roadway Digital Strategy, federated information-sharing structures, and aligned investments.

Position Paper

Objective:

  • Provide an overview of how security, privacy, and data quality are addressed for C-V2X using mobile network and backend communications, also known as Vehicle-to-Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) solutions.

Technical Report

Objective:

  • The overview of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) devices provides a fresh look at the devices currently available on the market or nearing release to capture the evolving C-V2X device landscape.

Completed Work Items – 2023

Objectives:

  • Work with the Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC) to identify potential C-V2X technology solutions for
  • use cases for powered two-wheelers, focusing on safety aspects
  • This includes use cases enabled by external connectivity or sensors but also covers use cases that may profit or be enabled by the presence of external computing power, representing an attractive potential market even with low V2X penetration.

Objectives:

  • Identify and evaluate a selection of evolving and emerging technologies for positioning in line with the 5GAA roadmap for use automotive use cases.
  • Perform a gap analysis based on automotive use cases concerning selected technologies and provide feedback to relevant SDOs.

Objectives:

  • Cover a broad range of topics, ranging from the analysis of MEC-relevant use cases and requirements, both from a technical and business perspective, the collaboration with SDOs and industry groups (GSMA), the definition of a reference architecture with related deployment scenarios, an early study on security and privacy aspects, and the drafting of a plan for future experimental activities on MEC for automotive services, including public demos.

Objective:

  • Highlight the vast array of new business opportunities that 5G will enable for the connected mobility ecosystem by moving the discussion beyond safety and automated driving to other innovative solutions and customer experiences.

White Paper

Objective:

  • Consider realistic evaluation assumptions based on a common understanding between the automotive industry and 5G-V2X technology vendors.

 

Objectives:

  • Address the issue of trustworthiness in relation to position information exchanged in the context of V2X communication(how much trust the ITS station can place on the received V2X message containing the positioning information).
  • Provide an overview of the current standards related to positioning, including the integrity of the position and confidence levels, and review the definitions and metrics used so far.

Objective:

  • Develop and socialise guidance documents on C-V2X direct communications RSU deployment in the USA with a focus on Day 1 (messages, minimum performance, interoperability and certification) to foster real-world infrastructure deployments.

Objectives:

  • Accelerate the understanding and adoption of VRU protection services enabled by C-V2X to meet the 5GAA-proposed roadmap for deploying those services.
  • This objective is addressed by experimentation and demonstrating existing technology and standards. Exploiting and analysing the results of the experiments and demonstrations enabled an assessment of the existing standards and potential standardisation gaps, laying the ground for the mass deployment of VRU protection services.

Completed Work Items – 2022

Objectives:

  • Stimulate auto industry awareness in Conformity Assessment (CA) and conduct a study of current CA schemes being developed by global industry organizations.
  • Develop a framework for a harmonized conformance assessment for PC5 applicable to both roadside units and on-board units and attain support from global industry bodies and stakeholders

Objectives:

  • Define use cases and align the Use Case Roadmap for mass-market deployment of advanced driving use cases, including their technology and spectrum requirements.

Objectives:

  • Analyze the feasibility of distributed vehicle antennas from an implementation perspective and develop measurement strategies for the analysis.
  • Analyze the specification impact and the potential necessary changes, and provide output to relevant standardization organizations for possible requirements recommendations.

Objectives:

  • Secure consumer acceptance and trust in V2X technologies, and perform lawful processing of data while preserving system efficiency to deliver upon the benefits of both basic and advanced V2X services.

Objectives:

  • Produce a report which describes the actions which 5GAA and its members would need to take to ensure that relevant ETSI and CEPT deliverables are created as needed to support the 5GAA C-V2X Roadmap.

Objectives:

  • Provide awareness of the current state of misbehaviour developments in standards developing organizations, and propose action items to fill the existing gaps.

Objectives:

  • Continue incubation of new technical enablers, both use case specific and use case agnostic, with the intent of achieving sufficient maturity for transition to standards developing organizations .
  • Contribute to SDOs via a Liaison member, bringing up new developments in foundational enablers and protocols for review and consumption by TCs & TFs.

Objectives:

  • Review and update the specified methodology for the use case analysis for Predictive Quality of Service (QoS) related Service Level Requirements.
  • Develop potential enhancements to interfaces, signalling and architecture of the Predictive Quality of Service (QoS) system, including but not limited to the aspects related to edge cloud and interoperability.

Objectives:

  • Detect, propose and evaluate possibilities for telecommunication operators, vendors and further stakeholders to provide what is necessary in order to enable the car OEM to better treat safety.
  • Investigate processes and tools used to develop and operate the complete chain of the system, deriving a judgement on feasibility of those processes for safety.

Objectives:

  • Monitor the activities of standards developing organizations and provide regular updates of the ecosystem to 5GAA members to enable an early identification of risks and challenges in standardization.

Objectives:

  • Introduce tele-operation service provider relevant use cases and scenarios with a V2N2V nature and identify gaps and develop architecture solutions for the development of tele-operated driving services
  • Study framework requirements of a tele-operation service between vehicle and remote tele-operation centre in cross-mobile network operators, cross-original equipment manufacturers and cross-authority scenarios.

Objectives:

  • Produce a C-V2X tolling white paper using the experience from the technology and cost analysis to show the tolling industry how to find common benefit in C-V2X and the importance of C-V2X in the future Road Digitalization Roadmap.

Objectives:

  • Establish use case implementation descriptions realizing use cases’ Service Level Requirements for Automated Valet Parking (AVP), Informative Sensor sharing (HD map Collecting and Sharing), Sensor Sharing for Automated vehicles (AVs) and HD Sensor Sharing for AVs.
  • Contribute to overarching application system implementation specifications combining the respective use case implementation specifications, including potential interfaces to network layer and security layer.

Objectives:

  • Update and improve use case descriptions and corresponding Service Level Requirements in already published Technical Reports and White Papers.
  • Collect, harmonize, align, and integrate new use case descriptions developed in 5GAA and publish the third volume of the Technical Report on C-V2X Use Cases and Service Level Requirements.

Objectives:

  • Strengthen 5GAA members’ understanding of the state of play of V2X in China and improve the cooperation with and among Chinese members.

Objectives:

  • Publish an industry specification defining a system profile to enable US deployment of interoperable basic safety services using LTE-V2X direct communication over channel 183.

Objectives:

  • Establish qualitative general, functional and operational requirements to describe systems for the 5G evolution and beyond that would be useful for automotive solutions.
  • Provide a unified 5GAA opinion on evolving technologies and the expected transition path for the automotive ecosystem when moving from current 5G technology to its evolution, including potential threats and opportunities.

Completed Work Items – 2021

Objectives:

  • Gather evidence of the environmental benefits associated with C-V2X and assist in developing this evidence into a compelling narrative.
  • Assess the benefits of C-V2X deployment (both LTE-V2X and 5G-V2X direct and network-based communications) in terms of emission reduction by 2050 in Europe (and for US and Asia) considering various positive and negative externalities.

Objectives:

  • Identify and investigate further potential enhancements needed to provide Predictive Quality of Service (QoS) for C-V2X, investigate interoperability of network slices, and provide relevant recommendations to standards developing organizations (SDOs) and industry forums, e.g. 3GPP, ETSI, ISO and GSMA.

Objectives:

  • Demonstrate the use of multi-access edge computing (MEC) technology for automotive services, for example, when two distinct automotive vendors can truly test at least three use cases involving two distinct mobile network operators (MNOs) employing the network infrastructure provided by two distinct infrastructure vendors.
  • Increase the flexibility of the current network service architecture, reduce the deployment effort, and increase the interoperability among different stakeholders in the system.

Objectives:

  • Describe how existing 3GPP methods reduce and improve service interruption due to network reselection.
  • Provide an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) view on current and desired network reselection.

Objective:

  • Close the gap of the first spectrum needs study by analyzing several advanced use cases and consider additional items such as security overheads in a second release.

Objective:

  • Prepare a report which describes the 5GAA’s 5.9 GHz radio channel deployment options for use by LTE-V2X and NR-V2X across all regions, and describe relevant changes to existing regulatory frameworks – or the introduction of new regulatory frameworks – which may be required across all regions.

Objectives:

  • Update Use Case Technical Reports with updated use case descriptions and develop a white paper for the Wave 2 of use cases.
  • Provide a new set of use cases with their corresponding service level requirements (SLRs) to be summarized into a new TR.

Objectives:

  • Study and describe specific and technology dependent use case implementations that fulfil the service level requirements (SLRs) as defined in the technology agnostic 5GAA use case descriptions.
  • Develop corresponding descriptions for three exemplary use cases: Left Turn Assist (LTA), (Electronic) Emergency Brake (light) Warning (EEBL), and Traffic Jam Warning and Route Information.

Objective:

  • Define a standardized test method and metrics for vehicular antennas with the dominant emittance toward the outside of the vehicle, focusing on vehicular antennas for telecommunications (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G (< 7.125GHz)), vehicular antennas for direct communication between vehicles to road infrastructure (operating in the designated ITS frequency spectrum (5.9GHz range)), GNSS antennas and 3D-measurements (vehicle-mounted antenna element)

Objectives:

  • Focus on positioning method for vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRUs) and study both positioning methods employing cellular signals (5G/LTE/C-V2X) and the positioning methods integrated with other technologies.
  • Study the requirements of positioning, build the understanding of positioning system framework, and offer the corresponding technologies according to the requirements and environments.

Completed Work Items – 2020

Objective:

  • Analyze V2I deployment costs, including financial, economic and market aspects, to provide guidance to regulators, policymakers and other key stakeholders.
  • Analyse options with higher and lower levels of V2I-based infrastructure vs. V2N-based approach.

Objective:

  • Define and analyse the automotive use case requirements in terms of Quality of Service (QoS) using network slicing and analyze business value and identify the specific features required to support the automotive use cases that cover IoT and mobile broadband services.

Objectives:

  • Define use cases and align the Use Case Roadmap for mass-market deployment of advanced driving use cases, including their technology and spectrum requirements.

Map, assess and contribute to the identification of technical gaps (upper and lower layers, e.g. protocols, Rel. 18 requirements) and forward to relevant standards setting organizations (SSOs).

Objectives:

  • Define all necessary details for conducting the first 5GAA C-V2X Plugfest in the first quarter of 2019.
  • Define 5GAA requirements and timelines for conducting successive plugfests after the first quarter of 2019.

Objective:

  • Facilitate a harmonized industrial evolution and development of enhanced cellular V2X, starting with supporting the basic use cases with the already available C-V2X technologies such as 3GPP Rel-14/15 C-V2X and adopt new technologies for the use cases which cannot be served with current C-V2X

Objectives:

  • Establish a lightweight security system for C-V2X/5G-V2X communications by conducting a requirements analysis of regional privacy regulations to establish an overview of regional differences and define requirements for each region.
  • Analyze concepts to simplify the architecture and its impact on regional privacy compliance.

Objectives:

  • Identify structured and reasonable requirements on mobile networks relevant to spectrum auctioning to accommodate automotive use cases and enable mobile network operator (MNOs) to quantify associated investments.
  • Analyze licensed spectrum auctioning frameworks and other incentivizing initiatives, such as infrastructure leasing exceptions, where additional investments required by mobile network operators (MNOs) to fulfill requirements associated to automotive use cases are appropriately recognized.

Objectives:

  • Develop application-level groundwork for the next-generation services (Rel-16) with use cases involving complex message interactions for assisted and autonomous (Ll1-Ll5) and automated driving (supported by infrastructure).
  • Build prototypes and demonstrate next-generation applications (Rel-16 and further) to gain hands-on experience with some use cases to help stakeholders (OEMs, suppliers, road operators, regulators) understand how 5G NR can implement the concept of connected and automated vehicles for proximal vehicle-to-X coordination and cooperation.

Objective:

  • Solicit road operators’ views on their role in the deployment of ITS C-V2X services through a free form questionnaire to determine the road operator willingness to participate directly in future 5GAA discussions or events.

Objectives:

  • Develop and demonstrate a phased vulnerable road user (VRU) protection approach by defining a VRU protection roadmap.
  • Provide realistic paths for vulnerable road user (VRU) protection using cellular communications, differentiating C-V2X from 802.11p based technologies and set the stage for application of C-V2X to VRU protection.

Objectives:

  • Define the application layer reference architecture for the V2X service and recommend the application layer reference architecture of the V2X system.
  • Discuss other architecture related subjects to align with the coordinated 5GAA architecture.

 

Completed Work Items – 2019

Objective:

  • Identify, analyze and compare the advantages and disadvantages of V2I deployment using long-range (Uu) mobile networks and RSU (PC5) from a business perspective, reflecting how C-V2X enables synergies with both the transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, which includes leveraging existing mobile network infrastructure for C-ITS.

Objectives:

  • Work on the CEPT/ETSI-related activities by extending the ITS safety-related band at 5.9 GHz to allow coexistence of LTE V2X and Urban Rail to coexist with ITS-G5 within the 5,875-5,925 MHz frequency band.
  • Clarify ITS “co-frequency coexistence” statements, include future 3GPP releases and evolution, engage the urban rail community, engage with national administrations.

Objectives:

  • Develop a trial and interoperability testing framework that defines the deployment scenarios and uses cases, testing methodologies, key performance indicators (KPIs) to be tested.
  • Develop a 5GAA trial and interoperability testing strategy to capture the 5GAA testing priorities, including setting up a 5GAA testbed environment and planning multi-partner trials covering the priority test cases.

Objective:

  • Prepare input material for the work in ETSI TC ITS to amend the test specification required to use LTE-V2X as the underlying access layer technology.

Objectives:

  • Identify and evaluate potential architecture enhancements needed to provide predictable Quality of Service (QoS) for C-V2X in 5G for the automotive industry, utilizing network slicing and edge computing technologies.
  • Provide guidelines on the design of Network Slice Templates (NST) for the automotive industry that enable support for different categories of C-V2X use cases and 5GAA requirements.

Objectives:

  • Provide an assessment of the deployment roadmap for use cases.
  • Establish a mapping between use cases and potential technology candidates, e.g. 3GPP releases, sidelink and/or Uu requirements.

Objectives:

  • Define a framework for classifying use cases and requirements, identify prioritized use cases, functional requirements and key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Perform a gap analysis and specify the extended set of prioritized use cases.

Objectives:

  • Identify the use cases that benefited from the presence of an application server, and based on the output, explore the V2X application server features and how the application server can be used to perform these use cases.

Completed Work Items – 2018

Objectives:

  • Develop consensus on operating models for system implementation, taking into account the various requirements arising from the planned networked transport services.
  • Investigate architectural paradigms such as cloud-based solutions, including edge computing aspects, and analyze solutions from the perspective of verification, confidentiality and privacy, identify requirements and key performance indicators (KPIs), and recommend further actions.

Objective:

  • Enable the development of a strategy for comprehensive testing, trials, demo pilots, and compliance assessment for V2X using cellular air interface specifications (i.e., including PC5 and Uu).

 

Objectives:

  • Promote C-V2X, including existing (LTE-V2X PC5 and Uu interfaces) and future realizations, as the technology of choice for ITS and promote ITS in 5.9 GHz spectrum in some areas, and interact various regulatory organizations.
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Objectives:

  • Promote C-V2X, including its existing (LTE-V2X) and future realizations, as the technology of choice for ITS.
  • Promote appropriate availability of radio spectrum for C-V2X where necessary in addition to 5.9 GHz, and promote the use of 5.9 GHz for safety-related ITS over other applications (e.g., RLANs, CBTC).
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Objectives:

  • Quantify the future spectrum needs for 5G short-range V2X communications in the context of safety-related ITS spectrum allocation and 5G wide range communications.
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Objectives:

  • Develop recorded test procedures to validate various performance and functional requirements of C-V2X technology covering both the laboratory/test bed and the field test environments.

Objectives:

  • Quantify future spectrum needs for 5G V2X communications related to ITS spectrum allocation for advanced use cases, including a technology assessment of the amount of radio spectrum needed to meet the key performance criteria related to the low frequency band (e.g. 5.9 GHz) as well as mmWave (e.g. 63–64 GHz) for various advanced ITS applications and a wide-area 4G/5G Uu interface.
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Completed Work Items – 2017

Objective:

  • Establish a high-level plan for C-V2X trials in North America, including definition of trial scope and objectives, identification of suitable/preferred trial facilities, and guidance regarding preferred trial participant composition.

Objective:

  • Identify existing regional V2X application specifications that have some dependency on specific radio access technologies, such as ITS-G5/11p, and determine how these specifications can be adapted to interoperate with generic radio access technologies and, in particular, with the lower layers of ITS-Cellular specified by 3GPP.

Objective:

  • Develop the timeline of major functionalities and milestones describing the expected availability of monetizable items and associated business and/or operational model options.

 

Objectives:

  • Identify sensor data sharing requirements from planned automated driving applications, including architecture options, requirements and implications.
  • Conduct a gap analysis of ETSI ITS standards related to existing data objects and complete a technical report outlining the 5GAA framework for sensor data sharing for V2X applications.

Objective:

  • Prepare a survey report on finalized, on-going and planned test activities, established testbeds and simulation frameworks.

Objective:

  • Compile V2X communication terms and definitions to be used within the 5GAA.

Completed Work Items – 2023

Objectives:

  • Work with the Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC) to identify potential C-V2X technology solutions for
  • use cases for powered two-wheelers, focusing on safety aspects
  • This includes use cases enabled by external connectivity or sensors but also covers use cases that may profit or be enabled by the presence of external computing power, representing an attractive potential market even with low V2X penetration.

Objectives:

  • Identify and evaluate a selection of evolving and emerging technologies for positioning in line with the 5GAA roadmap for use automotive use cases.
  • Perform a gap analysis based on automotive use cases concerning selected technologies and provide feedback to relevant SDOs.

Objectives:

  • Cover a broad range of topics, ranging from the analysis of MEC-relevant use cases and requirements, both from a technical and business perspective, the collaboration with SDOs and industry groups (GSMA), the definition of a reference architecture with related deployment scenarios, an early study on security and privacy aspects, and the drafting of a plan for future experimental activities on MEC for automotive services, including public demos.

Objectives:

  • Highlight the vast array of new business opportunities that 5G will enable for the connected mobility ecosystem by moving the discussion beyond safety and automated driving to other innovative solutions and customer experiences.

Objectives:

  • Address the operational aspects of misbehaviour detection, explicitly looking into remediation classification, misbehaviour classification and misbehaviour remediation.

Objectives:

  • Analyse and evaluate the performance of 3GPP NR-V2X sidelink and draw conclusions and recommendations for its operation, including gap analysis covering future releases and engagements with relevant SDOs.

Objectives:

  • Address the issue of trustworthiness in relation to position information exchanged in the context of V2X communication(how much trust the ITS station can place on the received V2X message containing the positioning information).
  • Provide an overview of the current standards related to positioning, including the integrity of the position and confidence levels, and review the definitions and metrics used so far.

Objectives:

  • Develop and socialise guidance documents on C-V2X direct communications RSU deployment in the USA with a focus on Day 1 (messages, minimum performance, interoperability and certification) to foster real-world infrastructure deployments.

Objectives:

  • Accelerate the understanding and adoption of VRU protection services enabled by C-V2X to meet the 5GAA-proposed roadmap for deploying those services.
  • This objective is addressed by experimentation and demonstrating existing technology and standards. Exploiting and analysing the results of the experiments and demonstrations enabled an assessment of the existing standards and potential standardisation gaps, laying the ground for the mass deployment of VRU protection services.

Completed Work Items – 2022

Objectives:

  • Stimulate auto industry awareness in Conformity Assessment (CA) and conduct a study of current CA schemes being developed by global industry organizations.
  • Develop a framework for a harmonized conformance assessment for PC5 applicable to both roadside units and on-board units and attain support from global industry bodies and stakeholders

Objectives:

  • Define use cases and align the Use Case Roadmap for mass-market deployment of advanced driving use cases, including their technology and spectrum requirements.

Objectives:

  • Analyze the feasibility of distributed vehicle antennas from an implementation perspective and develop measurement strategies for the analysis.
  • Analyze the specification impact and the potential necessary changes, and provide output to relevant standardization organizations for possible requirements recommendations.

Objectives:

  • Secure consumer acceptance and trust in V2X technologies, and perform lawful processing of data while preserving system efficiency to deliver upon the benefits of both basic and advanced V2X services.

Objectives:

  • Produce a report which describes the actions which 5GAA and its members would need to take to ensure that relevant ETSI and CEPT deliverables are created as needed to support the 5GAA C-V2X Roadmap.

Objectives:

  • Provide awareness of the current state of misbehaviour developments in standards developing organizations, and propose action items to fill the existing gaps.

Objectives:

  • Continue incubation of new technical enablers, both use case specific and use case agnostic, with the intent of achieving sufficient maturity for transition to standards developing organizations .
  • Contribute to SDOs via a Liaison member, bringing up new developments in foundational enablers and protocols for review and consumption by TCs & TFs.

Objectives:

  • Review and update the specified methodology for the use case analysis for Predictive Quality of Service (QoS) related Service Level Requirements.
  • Develop potential enhancements to interfaces, signalling and architecture of the Predictive Quality of Service (QoS) system, including but not limited to the aspects related to edge cloud and interoperability.

Objectives:

  • Detect, propose and evaluate possibilities for telecommunication operators, vendors and further stakeholders to provide what is necessary in order to enable the car OEM to better treat safety.
  • Investigate processes and tools used to develop and operate the complete chain of the system, deriving a judgement on feasibility of those processes for safety.

Objectives:

  • Monitor the activities of standards developing organizations and provide regular updates of the ecosystem to 5GAA members to enable an early identification of risks and challenges in standardization.

Objectives:

  • Introduce tele-operation service provider relevant use cases and scenarios with a V2N2V nature and identify gaps and develop architecture solutions for the development of tele-operated driving services
  • Study framework requirements of a tele-operation service between vehicle and remote tele-operation centre in cross-mobile network operators, cross-original equipment manufacturers and cross-authority scenarios.

Objectives:

  • Produce a C-V2X tolling white paper using the experience from the technology and cost analysis to show the tolling industry how to find common benefit in C-V2X and the importance of C-V2X in the future Road Digitalization Roadmap.

Objectives:

  • Establish use case implementation descriptions realizing use cases’ Service Level Requirements for Automated Valet Parking (AVP), Informative Sensor sharing (HD map Collecting and Sharing), Sensor Sharing for Automated vehicles (AVs) and HD Sensor Sharing for AVs.
  • Contribute to overarching application system implementation specifications combining the respective use case implementation specifications, including potential interfaces to network layer and security layer.

Objectives:

  • Update and improve use case descriptions and corresponding Service Level Requirements in already published Technical Reports and White Papers.
  • Collect, harmonize, align, and integrate new use case descriptions developed in 5GAA and publish the third volume of the Technical Report on C-V2X Use Cases and Service Level Requirements.

Objectives:

  • Strengthen 5GAA members’ understanding of the state of play of V2X in China and improve the cooperation with and among Chinese members.

Objectives:

  • Publish an industry specification defining a system profile to enable US deployment of interoperable basic safety services using LTE-V2X direct communication over channel 183.

Objectives:

  • Establish qualitative general, functional and operational requirements to describe systems for the 5G evolution and beyond that would be useful for automotive solutions.
  • Provide a unified 5GAA opinion on evolving technologies and the expected transition path for the automotive ecosystem when moving from current 5G technology to its evolution, including potential threats and opportunities.

Completed Work Items – 2021

Objectives:

  • Gather evidence of the environmental benefits associated with C-V2X and assist in developing this evidence into a compelling narrative.
  • Assess the benefits of C-V2X deployment (both LTE-V2X and 5G-V2X direct and network-based communications) in terms of emission reduction by 2050 in Europe (and for US and Asia) considering various positive and negative externalities.

Objectives:

  • Identify and investigate further potential enhancements needed to provide Predictive Quality of Service (QoS) for C-V2X, investigate interoperability of network slices, and provide relevant recommendations to standards developing organizations (SDOs) and industry forums, e.g. 3GPP, ETSI, ISO and GSMA.

Objectives:

  • Demonstrate the use of multi-access edge computing (MEC) technology for automotive services, for example, when two distinct automotive vendors can truly test at least three use cases involving two distinct mobile network operators (MNOs) employing the network infrastructure provided by two distinct infrastructure vendors.
  • Increase the flexibility of the current network service architecture, reduce the deployment effort, and increase the interoperability among different stakeholders in the system.

Objectives:

  • Describe how existing 3GPP methods reduce and improve service interruption due to network reselection.
  • Provide an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) view on current and desired network reselection.

Objective:

  • Close the gap of the first spectrum needs study by analyzing several advanced use cases and consider additional items such as security overheads in a second release.

Objective:

  • Prepare a report which describes the 5GAA’s 5.9 GHz radio channel deployment options for use by LTE-V2X and NR-V2X across all regions, and describe relevant changes to existing regulatory frameworks – or the introduction of new regulatory frameworks – which may be required across all regions.

Objectives:

  • Update Use Case Technical Reports with updated use case descriptions and develop a white paper for the Wave 2 of use cases.
  • Provide a new set of use cases with their corresponding service level requirements (SLRs) to be summarized into a new TR.

Objectives:

  • Study and describe specific and technology dependent use case implementations that fulfil the service level requirements (SLRs) as defined in the technology agnostic 5GAA use case descriptions.
  • Develop corresponding descriptions for three exemplary use cases: Left Turn Assist (LTA), (Electronic) Emergency Brake (light) Warning (EEBL), and Traffic Jam Warning and Route Information.

Objective:

  • Define a standardized test method and metrics for vehicular antennas with the dominant emittance toward the outside of the vehicle, focusing on vehicular antennas for telecommunications (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G (< 7.125GHz)), vehicular antennas for direct communication between vehicles to road infrastructure (operating in the designated ITS frequency spectrum (5.9GHz range)), GNSS antennas and 3D-measurements (vehicle-mounted antenna element)

Objectives:

  • Focus on positioning method for vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRUs) and study both positioning methods employing cellular signals (5G/LTE/C-V2X) and the positioning methods integrated with other technologies.
  • Study the requirements of positioning, build the understanding of positioning system framework, and offer the corresponding technologies according to the requirements and environments.

Completed Work Items – 2020

Objective:

  • Analyze V2I deployment costs, including financial, economic and market aspects, to provide guidance to regulators, policymakers and other key stakeholders.
  • Analyse options with higher and lower levels of V2I-based infrastructure vs. V2N-based approach.

Objective:

  • Define and analyse the automotive use case requirements in terms of Quality of Service (QoS) using network slicing and analyze business value and identify the specific features required to support the automotive use cases that cover IoT and mobile broadband services.

Objectives:

  • Define use cases and align the Use Case Roadmap for mass-market deployment of advanced driving use cases, including their technology and spectrum requirements.

Map, assess and contribute to the identification of technical gaps (upper and lower layers, e.g. protocols, Rel. 18 requirements) and forward to relevant standards setting organizations (SSOs).

Objectives:

  • Define all necessary details for conducting the first 5GAA C-V2X Plugfest in the first quarter of 2019.
  • Define 5GAA requirements and timelines for conducting successive plugfests after the first quarter of 2019.

Objective:

  • Facilitate a harmonized industrial evolution and development of enhanced cellular V2X, starting with supporting the basic use cases with the already available C-V2X technologies such as 3GPP Rel-14/15 C-V2X and adopt new technologies for the use cases which cannot be served with current C-V2X

Objectives:

  • Establish a lightweight security system for C-V2X/5G-V2X communications by conducting a requirements analysis of regional privacy regulations to establish an overview of regional differences and define requirements for each region.
  • Analyze concepts to simplify the architecture and its impact on regional privacy compliance.

Objectives:

  • Identify structured and reasonable requirements on mobile networks relevant to spectrum auctioning to accommodate automotive use cases and enable mobile network operator (MNOs) to quantify associated investments.
  • Analyze licensed spectrum auctioning frameworks and other incentivizing initiatives, such as infrastructure leasing exceptions, where additional investments required by mobile network operators (MNOs) to fulfill requirements associated to automotive use cases are appropriately recognized.

Objectives:

  • Develop application-level groundwork for the next-generation services (Rel-16) with use cases involving complex message interactions for assisted and autonomous (Ll1-Ll5) and automated driving (supported by infrastructure).
  • Build prototypes and demonstrate next-generation applications (Rel-16 and further) to gain hands-on experience with some use cases to help stakeholders (OEMs, suppliers, road operators, regulators) understand how 5G NR can implement the concept of connected and automated vehicles for proximal vehicle-to-X coordination and cooperation.

Objective:

  • Solicit road operators’ views on their role in the deployment of ITS C-V2X services through a free form questionnaire to determine the road operator willingness to participate directly in future 5GAA discussions or events.

Objectives:

  • Develop and demonstrate a phased vulnerable road user (VRU) protection approach by defining a VRU protection roadmap.
  • Provide realistic paths for vulnerable road user (VRU) protection using cellular communications, differentiating C-V2X from 802.11p based technologies and set the stage for application of C-V2X to VRU protection.

Objectives:

  • Define the application layer reference architecture for the V2X service and recommend the application layer reference architecture of the V2X system.
  • Discuss other architecture related subjects to align with the coordinated 5GAA architecture.

 

Completed Work Items – 2019

Objective:

  • Identify, analyze and compare the advantages and disadvantages of V2I deployment using long-range (Uu) mobile networks and RSU (PC5) from a business perspective, reflecting how C-V2X enables synergies with both the transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, which includes leveraging existing mobile network infrastructure for C-ITS.

Objectives:

  • Work on the CEPT/ETSI-related activities by extending the ITS safety-related band at 5.9 GHz to allow coexistence of LTE V2X and Urban Rail to coexist with ITS-G5 within the 5,875-5,925 MHz frequency band.
  • Clarify ITS “co-frequency coexistence” statements, include future 3GPP releases and evolution, engage the urban rail community, engage with national administrations.

Objectives:

  • Develop a trial and interoperability testing framework that defines the deployment scenarios and uses cases, testing methodologies, key performance indicators (KPIs) to be tested.
  • Develop a 5GAA trial and interoperability testing strategy to capture the 5GAA testing priorities, including setting up a 5GAA testbed environment and planning multi-partner trials covering the priority test cases.

Objective:

  • Prepare input material for the work in ETSI TC ITS to amend the test specification required to use LTE-V2X as the underlying access layer technology.

Objectives:

  • Identify and evaluate potential architecture enhancements needed to provide predictable Quality of Service (QoS) for C-V2X in 5G for the automotive industry, utilizing network slicing and edge computing technologies.
  • Provide guidelines on the design of Network Slice Templates (NST) for the automotive industry that enable support for different categories of C-V2X use cases and 5GAA requirements.

Objectives:

  • Provide an assessment of the deployment roadmap for use cases.
  • Establish a mapping between use cases and potential technology candidates, e.g. 3GPP releases, sidelink and/or Uu requirements.

Objectives:

  • Define a framework for classifying use cases and requirements, identify prioritized use cases, functional requirements and key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Perform a gap analysis and specify the extended set of prioritized use cases.

Objectives:

  • Identify the use cases that benefited from the presence of an application server, and based on the output, explore the V2X application server features and how the application server can be used to perform these use cases.

Completed Work Items – 2018

Objectives:

  • Develop consensus on operating models for system implementation, taking into account the various requirements arising from the planned networked transport services.
  • Investigate architectural paradigms such as cloud-based solutions, including edge computing aspects, and analyze solutions from the perspective of verification, confidentiality and privacy, identify requirements and key performance indicators (KPIs), and recommend further actions.

Objective:

  • Enable the development of a strategy for comprehensive testing, trials, demo pilots, and compliance assessment for V2X using cellular air interface specifications (i.e., including PC5 and Uu).

 

Objectives:

  • Promote C-V2X, including existing (LTE-V2X PC5 and Uu interfaces) and future realizations, as the technology of choice for ITS and promote ITS in 5.9 GHz spectrum in some areas, and interact various regulatory organizations.
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Objectives:

  • Promote C-V2X, including its existing (LTE-V2X) and future realizations, as the technology of choice for ITS.
  • Promote appropriate availability of radio spectrum for C-V2X where necessary in addition to 5.9 GHz, and promote the use of 5.9 GHz for safety-related ITS over other applications (e.g., RLANs, CBTC).
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Objectives:

  • Quantify the future spectrum needs for 5G short-range V2X communications in the context of safety-related ITS spectrum allocation and 5G wide range communications.
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Objectives:

  • Develop recorded test procedures to validate various performance and functional requirements of C-V2X technology covering both the laboratory/test bed and the field test environments.

Objectives:

  • Quantify future spectrum needs for 5G V2X communications related to ITS spectrum allocation for advanced use cases, including a technology assessment of the amount of radio spectrum needed to meet the key performance criteria related to the low frequency band (e.g. 5.9 GHz) as well as mmWave (e.g. 63–64 GHz) for various advanced ITS applications and a wide-area 4G/5G Uu interface.
  • Comment FO: This WI did not have an acronym.

Completed Work Items – 2017

Objective:

  • Establish a high-level plan for C-V2X trials in North America, including definition of trial scope and objectives, identification of suitable/preferred trial facilities, and guidance regarding preferred trial participant composition.

Objective:

  • Identify existing regional V2X application specifications that have some dependency on specific radio access technologies, such as ITS-G5/11p, and determine how these specifications can be adapted to interoperate with generic radio access technologies and, in particular, with the lower layers of ITS-Cellular specified by 3GPP.

Objective:

  • Develop the timeline of major functionalities and milestones describing the expected availability of monetizable items and associated business and/or operational model options.

 

Objectives:

  • Identify sensor data sharing requirements from planned automated driving applications, including architecture options, requirements and implications.
  • Conduct a gap analysis of ETSI ITS standards related to existing data objects and complete a technical report outlining the 5GAA framework for sensor data sharing for V2X applications.

Objective:

  • Prepare a survey report on finalized, on-going and planned test activities, established testbeds and simulation frameworks.

Objective:

  • Compile V2X communication terms and definitions to be used within the 5GAA.

Active Work Items

This work item will drive the study on the trends and evolution of current technologies. The objectives of the work item consist of:

  • Establish qualitative general, functional and operational requirements that would describe systems for the5G evolution and beyond that would be useful for automotive solutions,
  • Conduct a SWOT analysis with the automotive industry with respect to evolving technologies in a timeframe of 5, 10 and/or 15 years,
  • Providing a unified 5GAA opinion (in the form of a white paper) on evolving technologies and the expected transition path for the Automotive
  • Ecosystem when moving from current 5G to its evolution, including the potential threats and opportunities.

This Work Item assesses the required communication technology to support Automated Valet Parking (AVP) as specified by the 5GAA Use Cases T-210023, T-190139 and T-190140 and their respective Service Level Requirements (SLR).

This Work Item assesses the required communication technology to support Automated Valet Parking (AVP) as specified by the 5GAA Use Cases T-210023, T-190139 and T-190140 and their respective Service Level Requirements (SLR).

This Work Item consists of:

  • Stimulate Auto Industry awareness in CA
  • Study of current CA schemes being developed by global industry organisations
  • Develop a framework for harmonized PC5 CA applicable to both RSUs and OBUs and attain support from global industry bodies and stakeholders

 
Publications
 

This Work Item aims at:

  • Create a list of devices and update it every 6 months
  • Define KPIs of the Dashboard and the format of the dashboard presentation
  • Verify 5GAA’s market predictions
  • Ensure legal compliance
  • Create the first dashboard for publication

 
Publications
 

A joint Work Item with the Connected Motorcycle Consortium, this WI will look into CV2X enabled use cases for motorcycles mainly focusing on safety

Definition of all Use Cases and alignment of UC roadmap for mass-market deployment of advanced driving Use Cases, inc. their technology and spectrum requirements.

A comprehensive overview of the privacy and data protection regulatory framework.

A report which describes the actions which 5GAA and its members would need to take in order to ensure that relevant ETSI and CEPT deliverables are created as needed to support the 5GAA C-V2X Roadmap.
 
Publications
 

This Work Item consists of:

  1. Moving toward federated MEC demos/trials (global MEC);
  2. MEC System interoperability and test framework;
  3. usage of predictive edge analytics and situation awareness for closed-loop adaptation in multi-MNO and multi-OEM MEC scenarios (synergy and inputs from NESQO,eNESQO,V2XSRA PRESA);

This Work Item aims at discussing attractive selling points for CV2X for both final customers and OEMs beyond the usually discussed ADAS and safety features.

This Work Item:

  • Provides awareness of current state of MBD developments in SDOs and trials/demos, and proposes action items to fill the existing gaps.
  • Delivers content on:  (1) concepts and terms definitions, V2X message stack, (2) overview of related/existing work and gaps, (3) Threat and Risk Assessment (TARA) and requirements for Day-1 applications, (4) determination of application domain-specific mitigation, and (5) legal aspects and recommendation of a strategy.

This Work Item aims at:

  • Continue incubation of new technical enablers, both UC specific and agnostic for transition to SDOs.
  • Contribute to SDOs via a Liaison member & Individual contributors from member companies will work directly on relevant standards projects on an ongoing basis.

This Work Item consists of:

  • Review and update the specified methodology for the UC’ analysis for Predictive QoS related SLRs.
  • Study application and system reactions.
  • Develop potential enhancements to interfaces, signalling and architecture of the P-QoS system, including but not limited to the aspects related to edge cloud and interoperability.
  • Provide input to SDOs.

 
Publications
 

This Work Item consists of:

  • Monitor SDOs activities on and provide regular updates of the ecosystem to 5GAA members. This will enable early identification of risks and challenges in standardisation.
  • Prepare contributions by 5GAA to critical SDOs.
  • Support WGs and WIs intending to provide inputs to SDOs.
  • Support 5GAA messaging in SDO related events.

This Work Item:

  • Explore the use of C-V2X to enable electronic toll collection in China (ETC)
  • Constructive advice about Investment, Performance Improvement and migration for C-V2X Tolling Implementation in China
  • Find common benefits between Road Industries and 5GAA

 
Publications
 

This Work Item consists of:

  • Update White Paper on C-V2X Use Cases: Methodology, Examples and Service Level Requirements [3].
  • Update TRs Vol. I [1] and Vol. II [2] as needed.
  • Update WP Vol. I [3] and Vol. II [4] as needed.
  • Create new TR (Vol. III) with new UCs.

This Work Item consists of:

  • Description of applicable measurement configurations
  • Description of test procedures
  • Definition of relevant metrics

 
Publications
 

Accelerate the understanding and adoption of VRU protection services enabled by C-V2X” in order to meet the 5GAA-proposed roadmap for the deployment of those services.

Completed Work Items – 2020

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Working Groups

Working Groups

5GAA’s short and long term goals contribute to the same ambition: Connected Mobility and touch upon many of the ecosystem’s components.

Working Groups

Define end-to-end view on use cases and derive technical requirements and performance indicators for the certification of connected mobility solutions (e.g. on communication architecture, radio protocols, radio parameters, frequency spectra and carrier aggregation combinations). Ensure interoperability for V2X and other affected technologies.

Publications

Julia Rainer
(Audi)		 Mu He
(Verizon)
Chair Vice-chair

Define, develop and recommend system architectures and interoperable end-to-end solutions to address use cases and Services of Interest. Reviewing currently available solutions in technical areas such as wireless air interface technologies, wireless network deployment models, radio access networks and networked clouds, connectivity and device management or security, privacy and authentication.

Publications

Berthold Panzner
(Nokia​)
Andreas Andrae
(Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH​)
Chair Vice-chair

Evaluate and validate end-to-end solutions through testbeds. Globally orchestrating and harmonising conformity and interoperability assessments to ensure that new C-V2X products conform to existing standards and are interoperable with each other. Manage regional interoperability event programmes in cooperation with regionally established organisations. Promote commercialisation and standardisation via pilots and large-scale trials by selecting the use cases in conjunction with go-to-market strategies. This includes multi-phase / multi-year planning with prioritisation.

Publications

Jacob Harel
(Harman)		 Ralf Weber (Qualcomm)
Chair Vice-chair

Act as ‘Industry Specification Group’, providing recommendations, contributions and positions to ETSI, 3GPP and other standards development organisations. Agree on spectrum requirements for V2X in ITS, MBB and unlicensed bands. Represent the association vis-à-vis other industry organisations.

Publications

Khaled Shawky Hassan
(Bosch)		 Reza
Karimi
(Huawei)
Chair Vice-chair

Agree on criteria for business models. Identify involved organisations and companies, and prioritise them. Draft exemplary go-to-market plan as straw man function for agreed use cases under test and business models. Agree on how to best achieve a global approach to certification of the target connected mobility solutions.

Publications

Michael Salmon (Verizon)
Chair

Agree on common 5GAA positions in relation to policy and regulatory matters at a national, regional and (whenever possible) global level to secure market access, foster technology innovation and investment, and support commercial deployment, developing a common policy strategy among industry stakeholders, public authorities, and subject matter expert members.

Publications

Anne-Lise Thieblemont
(Qualcomm)		 Kristina
Olausson
(Volvo Cars)
Chair Vice-chair

 

WG6 – Europe sub-group:

Anne-Lise Thieblemont
(Qualcomm)		 Kristina
Olausson
(Volvo Cars)
Lead Co-Lead

 

WG6 – US sub-group:

Brad Stertz
(Audi)		 Andres Castrillon
(Qualcomm)
Lead Co-Lead

 

WG6 – China sub-group:

Li Zhao
(CATT)		 Yinxiang Zheng
(CMCC)
Lead Co-Lead

 

WG6 – Japan sub-group:

Hiroki Shibayama
(NTT Docomo)		 Masakazu Shirota
(Qualcomm)
Co-Lead Co-Lead

 

WG6 – Korea sub-group:

 Heejin Kim
(LG)		 Michael Park
(Qualcomm)
Lead Co-Lead

 

WG6 – India sub-group:

Divya Sachdeva
(Ericsson)		 Nitin Sonar
(Bosch)
Co-Lead Co-Lead

Review currently available solutions in relevant technical areas and identify gaps toward comprehensive secure end-to-end solutions and specifications for the use cases and services of interest as defined by the “Use Cases and Technical Requirements” WG.

Publications

Virendra Kumar
(Qualcomm)		 Ioannis Krontiris
(Huawei)
Chair Vice-chair
5GAA online session on Global MEC technology

5GAA online session on Global MEC technology

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.

Meet Our Members – Interview with Menno Malta, Monotch CEO

Meet Our Members – Interview with Menno Malta, Monotch CEO

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) thrives on the collective expertise and collaborative spirit of its members. Over 110 organisations strong, our membership represents a global network of market leaders and innovators shaping the future of connected mobility.

We are kicking off a new series, “Meet Our Members,” to delve deeper into the stories of the individuals who make up the backbone of 5GAA. First up, we will be featuring Menno Malta, CEO of Monotch, who has been actively involved in one of 5GAA’s most recent and exciting areas of work – Vehicle-to-Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) communication.

This interview series will showcase a diverse range of profiles, highlighting their contributions, challenges, and predictions for the exciting world of 5G-connected transportation. Get ready to be inspired by the passion and ingenuity of our members as we meet the people who make 5GAA.

Menno, you are the CEO of Monotch, a 5GAA member company. How does Monotch’s work relate to 5GAA’s, and what keeps you engaged with our association?

Monotch operates at the forefront of the V2N2X market. Our proven TLEX platform is used by cities and road authorities all over the world to connect mobility and digital infrastructure bringing substantial societal benefits and increased cost-effectiveness.

The initial interest that drew us to 5GAA was the opportunity to engage with OEMs, mobile network operators, and related industries. This is still of interest! We really appreciate the possibilities to discuss developments and work jointly on progressing the market. The networking opportunities are also great for us.

Monotch is based in the Netherlands. Last year, your views were instrumental in the organisation of 5GAA’s workshop in the Hague, where we looked at C-V2X deployment in the Low Countries. Two years later, what is the state of play for C-V2X and connected mobility in the Netherlands, and how do you see it unfolding?

In the Netherlands, we see a steady growth of smart and connected roadside infrastructure as well as new use cases such as emergency vehicle warnings that are now available on a large scale. This leads to more connected parties, including the first vehicle OEMs. On top of this, there is a push on urban challenges and use cases, which will lead to even more data and impact in the next few years. The Netherlands is truly a lighthouse deployment, and authorities from other countries come here often to see what’s happening and how they can apply learnings in their own jurisdiction.

One of 5GAA’s recent areas of work has been vehicle-to-network-to-everything (V2N2X) communications, and you’ve been one of its main contributors. What is V2N2X, what makes this such an important topic, and what are some of the biggest hurdles to overcome in achieving its widespread adoption?

V2N2X is a subset of overall V2X, where the cellular network and cloud components are used to realise connected mobility. It allows the ecosystem to get to scale with many use cases in a relatively short term, as it leverages existing technology such as apps, onboard units and, of course, the 4G/5G network! I think it’s hugely important for 5GAA as it shows the value of a connected ecosystem to the main stakeholders and can kickstart overall C-V2X deployment.

The V2N2X work item has been concluded with the publication of a white paper, ‘Road Traffic Operation in a Digital Age,’ and two associated reports. What is the objective of these publications, and how do they complement each other?

The white paper can be seen as a summary of the Technical V2N2X Architecture report. It’s a great read for everyone involved in this market, whether you’re an authority or a private sector executive. The Technical V2N2X Architecture report offers detailed insights into the blueprint architecture, and I recommend it to subject matter experts.

The other technical report is of a different nature. It describes the V2N2X market from a business perspective—for example, the market size, the kinds of business models we see, and which factors drive the market. It also contains descriptions of large-scale example deployments, taking away whatever doubts people might have about the feasibility of V2N2X..

The upcoming online session on 18 June will present the findings of these publications. What are you most excited about sharing with the audience?

So much to share! I can promise the session will be packed with insights, but I’m probably most excited to share the OEM and IOO (Infrastructure Owner and Operator) customer profiles we created. It’s about their goals, pains and gains, and for this, we did a survey and an  analysis of large-scale deployments. I’m so excited about it because it really ties to the why of our work.

5GAA online session on “V2X Application Adaptation based on Predictive QoS Changes”

5GAA online session on “V2X Application Adaptation based on Predictive QoS Changes”

5G Automotive Association is pleased to invite you to our online session, “V2X Application Adaptation based on Predictive QoS Changes“, taking place on January 27, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM (CET).

The speakers from Huawei (Antonio Consoli, Ali Hamidian) and Tencent (Lei Yixue) 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.

Vehicle-to-Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) Communications: Architecture, Solution Blueprint, and Use Case Implementation Examples

Vehicle-to-Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) Communications: Architecture, Solution Blueprint, and Use Case Implementation Examples

This technical report builds on the 5GAA white paper “Road traffic operation in a digital age” and guides stakeholders on implementing various vehicle-to-everything (V2X) applications using cellular networks and information sharing structures between backend systems.

It presents an application-level reference blueprint architecture and introduces an “information sharing domain” to enable scalable digital data exchange among stakeholders such as vehicle manufacturers, service providers, and infrastructure operators. The report details how to implement V2X applications that enhance safety and mobility, with examples including traffic event and signal information sharing, emergency vehicle approaching alerts, automated valet parking, and vulnerable road user protection. It also explains different implementation options for these applications within vehicles, distinguishing between OEM-controlled, OEM-supported, and OEM-independent apps.

Additionally, it describes proven solutions and references initial deployments like C-Roads and Talking Traffic, highlighting their effectiveness in accelerating V2X service adoption. Ecosystem stakeholders are encouraged to use this document as a guide for deploying V2X services using cellular networks and information sharing, with the potential to address more demanding use cases through enhanced cellular network capabilities.

Read the full report here.

For more information, find the complementary technical report “Business Perspectives on Vehicle-to-
Network-to-Everything (V2N2X) Deployments.”

A 5GAA online session on the V2N2X topic and reports took place on 18 June 2024. The recording of the online session can be accessed here. The slides of the presentation can be accessed here.

The paper was originally published in May 2024. The current downloadable version is the updated edition, released on 3 June 2025. 5GAA remains committed to keeping all its publications accurate and up to date.

5GAA’s John Kwant Explores the Current C-V2X Regulatory Landscape in the United States at the OmniAir Plugfest

5GAA’s John Kwant Explores the Current C-V2X Regulatory Landscape in the United States at the OmniAir Plugfest

5G Automotive Association (5GAA) Executive Director, Americas John Kwant is in Ann Arbor, Michigan today to explore the current regulatory landscape for C-V2X deployment in the United States as part of a panel on connected mobility at today’s OmniAir Plugfest.

Speaking at 9:00 (UTC-4) in the panel ‘Accelerating V2X Deployment: Bridging Government Initiatives, Industry Readiness and Local Implementations’, John Kwant will bring his expertise to the table and address the state of regulation and legislation covering V2X technology in the United States, as well as explain 5GAA’s work to promote deployment and widespread technology adoption.

The OmniAir Plugfest is an annual event hosted at MCity, Michigan in partnership with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. It is the world’s first purpose-built proving ground for testing the performance and safety of connected and automated vehicles and technologies under controlled and realistic conditions.

Today’s Connected Mobility Workshop offers a one-day technical deep dive into topics related to deployment, testing and future trends, along with live technology demonstrations and a networking reception.

In addition to 5GAA’s participation, attendees will have the opportunity to hear the insights of a number of experts and stakeholders including:

  • John Harding, Federal Highway Administration
  • Brian Romansky, INTEGRITY Security Services
  • Debra Bezzina, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

5GAA Statement of Support for OmniAir Consortium

5GAA also wishes to express the association’s support for OmniAir Consortium’s C-V2X certification programme and appreciation for OmniAir C-V2X initiatives generally.

OmniAir Consortium’s certification programme, first established in 2021, is of significant benefit to the entire C-V2X ecosystem and contributes greatly to promoting technology development and adoption.

Certified C-V2X products, such as Onboard Units (OBUs), Road-Side Units (RSUs) and corresponding modules will allow for greater confidence regarding the ability to achieve seamless interoperability of both Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) functionality for the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). As a result, stakeholders across the C-V2X ecosystem benefit from OmniAir Consortium’s work – including vehicle manufacturers, infrastructure owner/operators, equipment suppliers and software suppliers.

5GAA and OmniAir have been partners since 2019, and the participation of our Executive Director, Americas John Kwant in today’s OmniAir Plugfest underscores the continued vitality of this collaboration.

For more information on today’s panel, see here.

5GAA’s Virtual Meeting and General Assembly

5GAA’s Virtual Meeting and General Assembly

5GAA’s Meeting and the General Assembly are taking place virtually on 26 April – 5 May 2021.