pacific nw transportation consortium region 10 Pactrans

A Hybrid Platform for Context-aware V2X Communications

PI: Mohamed Hefeida (UI), hefeida@uidaho.edu, ORCID: 0000-0003-4738-9415

Co PIs: none

AMOUNT & MATCH: $40,000 from PacTrans; $40,000 Match

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: 8/16/2019 – 8/15/2021

STATUS: Completed

CATEGORIES: Connected Technology, Communication

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DESCRIPTION: This project aims to design and implement a hybrid context-aware Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication platform that incorporates different wireless communication technologies under a unified architecture. The platform will expand transportation network capabilities, extend accessibility of transportation information, establish a strong interface for the transportation network with other infrastructures (e.g. cellular networks), which will open new horizons for various applications.

The proposed platform will collect information from various sources, such as Advanced Traffic Signal Controllers (ATCs), Road Side Unites (RSUs), and Global Positioning System (GPS). This data will be fused, analyzed, and prioritized according to the context in which it’s being used. For example, expanding real-time accessibility to traffic data beyond the vicinity of incidents can greatly improve efficiency of traffic controllers as well as vehicles’ operation (e.g. autonomous braking). This platform will facilitate incorporating vehicles (properly equipped) as active communication beacons that not only have the ability to relay transportation information, but can also generate very useful transportation-related data. This will enable data-driven optimizations, improving efficiency of transportation networks, while extending their accessibility to a plethora of commercial applications that were otherwise not feasible due to the transportation networks’ limited communication abilities.