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On 2nd March, 5GAA experts and member spokespersons shared their views on how the deployment of C-V2X technologies is turning connected and safe mobility into reality from now and in the next few years, during the conference “Turning Connected and Safe Mobility into Reality” at the Barcelona edition of GSMA’s Mobile World Congress.

The conference, moderated by Freddie Holmes, Special Correspondent at Automotive World, offered an overview of the broad-scale improvements that connected mobility can bring to the global automotive system, starting with a first session on the 5G-V2X deployment landscape in different regions, such as Europe, China, and the US. Speakers underlined the need for increased ecosystem cooperation and cross-border projects to ensure reliable access to 5G networks to all users. The second session focused on the safety aspects and benefits brought by the technology, including protecting vulnerable road users.

The event concluded with an insightful panel discussion on mobility data, with the participation of representatives from the entire ecosystem value chain. Panellists discussed how smart cities and infrastructure could help make data-driven decisions that inform how we pave the path for the future of mobility and the crucial role of data standardisation and reliability and new business models to foster investments.

The event welcomed, in person or through virtual messages, high-level representatives of 5GAA’s member companies Deutsche Telekom, Verizon, China Mobile, Harman, Continental, Telefonica, Qualcomm, BMW, Huawei, Intel , ZTE, Stellantis.

In case you didn’t have the possibility to attend the conference in Barcelona, here you can find some of the insightful materials presented by our members.

Bringing 5G Consumer Experiences to Automotive Industry At Scale
Ramaswamy Iyer, Senior Vice-President and Head of Connectivity SBU, Harman

Vishnu Sundaram, Senior Vice President, Stellantis

 

5G + C-V2X: Pave the way for C-ITS and Auto-Driving
Xu Ling, Standard Director, ZTE

 

China overview
Wai Chen, Chief Scientist, China Mobile

 

Presentations:

The Digital Guardian Angel -A Cellular-assisted VRU protection solution
Frank Foersterling, Head of Government, Liaison & Engagement, Continental

Driving the Smart Mobility Revolution
Leticia Lopez Domingo, Technology Innovation Expert, Telefonica

5G capabilities as a game changer for automotive connectivity
Dennis Nikles, Vice-President IOT, Deutsche Telekom

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The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) is proud to partner again with the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) and for the third ETSI C-V2X Plugtests™ event hosted by DEKRA at its Automobil Test Center in Klettwitz, Germany.

From 28 March to 1 April 2022, ETSI and DEKRA will enable On-Board-Unites (OBUs), Roadside-Units (RSUs) and public key infrastructure (PKIs) vendors to run interoperability test sessions to assess the level of interoperability of their implementation and validate the understanding of the standards.

Additionally, 5GAA organises a workshop on “C-V2X Interoperability and Deployment” to bring together some key players in the C-V2X deployment and interoperability ecosystem. The workshop will take place on Thursday 31 March, from 09:00 to 12:30 CEST at the Dekra Testing Site. The discussion will focus on the future of C-V2X for the automotive industries and the role of certification for the deployment of the technology.

Participants will also have the great opportunity to join live interoperability demonstration on DEKRA’s outside testing area and discover ETSI’s ITS Test Scenarios use cases showcased by various companies.

Interested in attending the C-V2X Plugtests^TM event? Registrations are open until 21 March. Due to the Covid restrictions, capacity on-site is limited.

For any further information, please contact marcom@5GAA.org

5GAA WORKSHOP AGENDA

Please see the full agenda here:

9:00 – 09:30 – Opening session

Welcome to DEKRA Automotive Test Center Klettwitz
Thomas Jaeger, Head of Technology Technical Service Management, Senior Vice-President, Service Division Product Testing, DEKRA

Welcome to Plugtests Event
Ultan Mulligan, Director, ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI)

5GAA welcome and introduction to the workshop
Maxime Flament, Chief Technology Officer, 5G Automotive Association

09:30 – 09:50 – Session 1

Debrief of Klettwitz plugtests activities
Saurav Arora, Technical Project Manager, PlugtestsTM Event

10:20 – 11:35 – Session 2

Road operator perspective: “German Perspective on C-ITS Deployment”
Farzin Godarzi, Scientific Officer, Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt, Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen)

The future of C-V2X: “Commercial deployment of C-V2X vehicles”
Johannes Springer, Chief Technology Officer Connected Cars, Deutsche Telekom

Certification: “The importance of Certification for 5G Automotive”
Thomas Jaeger, Head of Technology Technical Service Management, Senior Vice-President, Service Division Product Testing, DEKRA

Testing Network V2X platform: “Vodafone’s V2X Safer Transport for Europe Platform (STEP)”
Robert Banks, Technology Development Manager, Vodafone

11:35 – 12:10 Moderated discussion – Bringing C-V2X on the Roads: the Role of Interoperability for Deployment

Moderator, Maxime Flament, Chief Technology Officer, 5G Automotive Association

12:10 – 12:30 Closing Remarks

Saurav Arora, Technical Project Manager, Plugtests^TM Event

Maxime Flament, Chief Technology Officer, 5G Automotive Association

Download the agenda here.

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Barcelona, 3 March 2022 – The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), alongside its members, disclosed the latest global deployments of C-V2X technology, highlighting how 5G data will deeply transform the mobility system by making it safer and more efficient at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona on Wednesday 2 March 2022. 

The 5G Automotive Association was back this year at Barcelona’s edition of the Mobile World Congress, the world’s leading exhibition for the connectivity industry, to disclose the cellular technology shaping the future of mobility alongside its member.

Today, connected driving is a reality. Over 200 million connected vehicles are equipped with C-V2X applications sharing hazard and traffic warnings on the road. Applied to the automotive sector, 5G is upgrading revolutionary in-car connectivity, allowing seamless and cooperative communication between vehicles, infrastructure, and surroundings.

On 2nd March, 5GAA experts and member spokespersons shared their views on how the deployment of C-V2X technologies is turning connected and safe mobility into reality from now and in the next few years. Moreover, the association had the pleasure to have Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit, Future Connectivity Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission, addressing the participants and highlighting the crucial role of investments in 5G and infrastructures to foster the European green and digital transition.

As noted by Johannes Springer, 5GAA Director-General, the association that celebrates its 5th Anniversary has been working intensely to bridge the gap between automotive, technology, and telecom industries and promote the 5G-V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technology as a comprehensive and integrated platform for connected vehicles, embracing digital transformations as opportunities for mobility innovations.

The conference, moderated by Freddie Holmes, Special Correspondent at Automotive World, offered an overview on the broad-scale improvements that connected mobility can bring to the global automotive system, starting with a first session on the 5G-V2X deployment landscape in different regions, such as Europe, China, and the US. Speakers underlined the need for increased ecosystem cooperation and cross-border projects to ensure reliable access to 5G networks to all users. The second session focused on the safety aspects and benefits brought by the technology, including protecting vulnerable road users.

The event concluded with an insightful panel discussion on mobility data, with the participation of representatives from the entire ecosystem value chain. Panellists discussed how smart cities and infrastructure could help make data-driven decisions that inform how we pave the path for the future of mobility and the crucial role of data standardisation and reliability and new business models to foster investments.

The event welcomed, in person or through virtual messages, high-level representatives of 5GAA’s member companies Deutsche Telekom, Verizon, China Mobile, Harman, Continental, Telefonica, Qualcomm, BMW, Huawei, Intel , ZTE, Stellantis.

In addition,5GAA hosted a Press & Industry guided tour across the booths of key member companies to share their latest C-V2X technology developments with journalists and industry analysts, focusing on road safety and digital infrastructures.

Companies featured in the tour included:

• Deutsche Telekom presented the Automated Valet Parking in a 5G network use case, in partnership with BMW and Valeo, which delivers high reliability and stable latency to ensure the necessary safety requirements. Moreover, the company presented its Mobility Connect solutions, offering drivers 5G seamless connectivity solutions
• ZTE Corporation showcased its 5G-V2X products and solutions, including 5G-V2X module, OBU, RSU, V2X cloud platform and other cases
• Qualcomm presented its Snapdragon Digital Chassis Platform: a set of technology solutions for building connected and intelligent vehicles that are safer, customisable, immersive and continually upgradeable, and Auto Connectivity Platform to support ubiquitous connectivity in and around the vehicle
• Intel with its Superdemo, developed with its partners Capgemini and Advantech for their 5G Road Side Unit solution for Smart City & Transportation use cases focusing on vulnerable users protection Digital Twin infrastructure for sustainable cities
• Rohde & Schwarz showcased its 5G and C-V2X solutions for development in the laboratory and verification in the field to ensure the performance and reliability of critical automotive communications
• Anritsu presented a joint demonstration in partnership with dSPACE. The demonstration showed the use of 5G Network Slicing in an Advanced Intersection Collision Warning (AICW) use case, using Hardware In the Loop (HIL) test and simulation system to provide a realistic sensor simulation to an OBU that is being tested

We would like to thank all our participants, member companies and speakers, for making it such an insightful event, clearly demonstrated the added value of ecosystem cooperation for the future of the transportation system.

Download the agenda of the event here.

For additional information, please get in touch at marcom@5gaa.org.

Please find the video contribution from Ramaswamy Iyer, Senior Vice-President and Head of Connectivity SBU, Harman that unfortunately, we have not been able to show during the conference due to technical problems.

On 2 December, the City of Turin (Italy) hosted a live trial of new driver and pedestrian safety technology allowing near-real-time notification of roadway hazards through 5G-Edge networks. This trial is one of a series conducted internationally by a historic public-private collaboration over the next few years, organized by the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) and eight member companies representing leading technology companies from around the globe.

5G transmission speeds and so-called “Edge” servers—locally installed, high-powered computers capable of running Artificial Intelligence programs—open the door to smart city technologies like near real-time traffic management and innumerable other business applications. The connected car concept uses this high-speed and Edge computing technology to communicate with car sensors and pedestrian smartphones, via a user-authorized mobile app—about traffic hazards, like accidents and road construction—to Pedestrian and in-vehicle driver safety and efficient navigation.

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BARCELONA, 24 FEBRUARY 2022 – The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) will present the latest global advancements of ‘Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything’ (C-V2X) in the journey towards 5G-V2X on 02 March 2022 at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2022. The 5GAA conference will gather senior executives to bring perspective on how C-V2X revolutionises the driving experience to make mobility smart, safe and sustainable, as C-V2X powered vehicles are now hitting the market in Europe and beyond. Journalists are invited to join our media tour of 5GAA members’ booths to exchange with experts and witness the latest technology developments.

This year, the 5G Automotive Association will be back at the Barcelona edition of the Mobile World Congress to address today’s mobility key challenges.

The association will hold a “Turning Connected and Safe Mobility into Reality” conference on Wednesday 02 March 2022 at 09:00am-12:35pm CET (Theatre 4, Hall 7).

Senior executives from automotive and telecommunications member companies (including China Mobile, Continental, Deutsche Telekom, Harman, Huawei, Intel, Qualcomm, Telefónica, Verizon, ZTE and more) will offer their perspective on C-V2X global market landscape and technology evolution towards 5G-V2X.

A networking lunch is foreseen 12:15-01:00pm CET.

To get prime access to C-V2X industry experts and latest demonstrations of the technology, 5GAA is calling on journalists and industry experts to join the 5GAA tour taking place on 02 March at 02:00-03:00pm.

The onsite tour will explore the evolution of automotive connectivity for the purposes of enhanced road safety, improved traffic efficiency, greener environmental impact and more comfortable driving alongside members such as Anritsu, Deutsche Telekom, Intel, Qualcomm, Rohde & Schwarz and ZTE.

Europe is keen to play a leading role in future developments, in close collaboration with policymakers and road authorities, and 5GAA is uniquely placed to support C-V2X advances as it unites cross-sector players in this field.

To book your seat at the 5GAA conference or networking lunch, please register your interest here. If you are interested in joining the press and industry tour, please send an email to marcom@5gaa.org.

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Advances in communication technologies open up new opportunities and enable new types of services in the automotive area. These include road safety, traffic efficiency and customer services which are not specifically meant for automotive applications. As advanced V2X use cases requiring high reliability and/or high data rate are introduced, technologies such as multi-antenna solutions (e.g. massive MIMO), broadband (e.g. carrier aggregation), and FR2 solutions will be essential for V2X communications, and thus the number of required antennas mounted on vehicles will keep growing.

This study on the ‘Distributed vehicular antennas system’ provides a list of potential implementation options for vehicular-DAS with a brief analysis of impacts to 3GPP specifications and implementation costs. In addition, the potential performance gain of DAS over co-located antennas was verified through simulations, and the evaluation results and analysis were included in eCV2X WI TR.

Read the full report here.