Cross-Border interoperability for Cooperative, Connected and Automated Driving

Resumen

Nowadays, there is no doubt that the implantation on a massive scale of safe highly automated driving is very difficult using only the information coming from the ego-vehicles, which are subject to the limitations of their visual horizon. For automated driving systems to become a reality, it is essential to provide the system with two fundamental elements among others: connectivity and cooperative services. Both elements are still at a very early stage of their development, in communications technology and in the organization and generation of support information. In addition, extra difficulties are presented, such as trans-national barriers to accessing services and exchanging information with other vehicles and infrastructure. This paper presents the implementation of a novel architecture to support the integration of cooperative intelligent transportation systems (C-ITS) in automated driving, including the results of cross-border interoperability tests carried out in three cooperative, connected and automated driving (CCAD) pilots that have been deployed in three cities belonging to the trans-European Atlantic Corridor: Madrid, Lisbon and Paris, under the framework of the European project AUTOCITS. These results show the performance of the CCAD architecture and have been analyzed to have a set of recommendations to ensure successful deployment of cooperative, connected and automated driving at European level.