Technical Community on Connected Vehicles
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The IEEE Connected Vehicles Initiative was launched in 2015 by the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) as connected vehicles emerge from the convergence of the three areas of interest of VTS: automotive electronics, mobile radio, transportation systems.
The Connected Vehicles Initiative seeks to promote technical activities, networking, publications, standards and access to technical information in connected vehicles. For example, and in line with its objectives, the IEEE CV Initiative has promoted the establishment of a Connected Vehicles Series in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and a regular Connected Vehicles column and section in the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. The initiative is also looking to promote and sponsor Connected Vehicles events in cooperation with industry and also through the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturers program. The initiative also seeks to create and disseminate educational material on Connected Vehicles, and multimedia content on key and relevant Connected Vehicles events. Please contact the Chair to share your ideas and partner with the CV Technical Community.
The initiative is open for participation to all communities (engineers, practitioners, researchers, developers, etc.) involved in the development, deployment and promotion of connected vehicles technologies. This website will be the reference portal to communicate and disseminate technical activities and news in Connected Vehicles. If you would like to contribute and participate, please get in touch.
Connected Vehicles
The term connected vehicles refers to applications, services, and technologies that connect a vehicle to its surroundings. A connected vehicle includes the different communication devices (embedded or portable) present in the vehicle, that enable in-car connectivity with other devices present in the vehicle and/or enable connection of the vehicle to external devices, networks, applications, and services. Applications include everything from traffic safety and efficiency, infotainment, parking assistance, roadside assistance, remote diagnostics, and telematics to autonomous self-driving vehicles and global positioning systems (GPS). Typically, vehicles that include interactive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADASs) and cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) can be regarded as connected. Connected-vehicle safety applications are designed to increase situation awareness and mitigate traffic accidents through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications.
ADAS technology can be based on vision/camera systems, sensor technology, vehicle data networks, V2V, or V2I systems. Features may include adaptive cruise control, automate braking, incorporate GPS and traffic warnings, connect to smartphones, alert the driver to hazards, and keep the driver aware of what is in the blind spot. V2V communication technology could mitigate traffic collisions and improve traffic congestion by exchanging basic safety information such as location, speed, and direction between vehicles within range of each other. It can supplement active safety features, such as forward collision warning and blind-spot detection. Connected vehicles technologies are also expected to be a fundamental component of automated driving as they will allow the exchange of sensor and awareness data among vehicles, cooperative localization and map updating, as well as facilitate cooperative maneuvers between automated vehicles.