W4: Network-Assisted Collaborative Automated Driving

Organized by Rui Guo and Hongsheng Lu (Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA)

Time: 14:00–17:30
Room: Kaimuki 2

Abstract: As driving becomes increasingly automated, how to design a robust ADAS that operates reliably across the entire spectrum of driving environments attracts tremendous attention from both industry and academia. One promising way of approaching this goal is to take advantage of vehicular wireless communications. By connecting with other vehicles and/or to the roadside, a vehicle collects information regarding its surrounding environment from multiple angles and with diverse granularities. Such information is expected to augment ADAS?s perception, location, and mapping competence, resulting in a more smooth and confident navigation. However, many challenges exist in this promising area.

This dedicated workshop concerns the most recent advancements in wireless communications, sensory technologies and information processing. It aims to compile a refreshed view on the solutions combing the power of wireless communications and traditional ADAS for a safer, more efficient automated/autonomous vehicle. Challenges, opportunities and benefits of performing research in this interdisciplinary domain will be analyzed and highlighted.

Topics

• Wireless communication protocol design aimed to enable or augment cooperation among automated/autonomous ground vehicles This topic includes optimization of existing communication technologies (e.g., DSRC, LTE-V2X) for automated/autonomous driving applications and design of new communication solutions (e.g., 5G, mmWave) for large capacity V2X data communications
• Collaborative automated/autonomous vehicle applications that leverage over-the-air information to facilitate the vehicles? operation This topic solicits innovative V2X application designs. The applications will be capable of processing V2X information to improve automated/autonomous vehicles? perception, localization, mapping and control.
• V2X communication protocol design, testing and evaluation
• V2X assisted/enhanced applications
• Vehicular cooperative sensory fusion
• Cooperative automated driving
• Network-augmented ADAS

Submit a paper: https://vtc2019f-rr-wks.trackchair.com/track/1795