BROWSING: V2X

DoT releases national V2X plan

$60 million in recent grants will support V2X deployments in Utah, Arizona and Texas The U.S. Department of Transportation has officially released a national V2X plan for vehicle-to-everything communications and infrastructure, which envisions nationwide deployment of wireless technology in the 5.895-5.925 GHz band by 2036....

Arizona, Texas, Utah get $60m of federal funds for V2X deployments

The Department of Transportation in the U.S. (USDOT) has awarded $60 million in grants to transport administrations in the states of Arizona, Texas, and Utah to accelerate cellular-based vehicle-to-everything (V2X) deployments and set up as “national models” for V2X rollouts in the rest of...

Is 5G Advanced what 5G should have been from the start?

MWC 2023 was a successful show, returning with attendance at pre-COVID-19 levels, and home to several new announcements by infrastructure vendors, mobile operators, hyperscalers and the broader telecoms ecosystem. Huawei also hosted its analyst summit in April 2023, another event that returned after a...

Another 5G first – ‘first hybrid private 5G in Europe’, claim Vodafone and Porsche

Another private 5G story, and another which claims primacy and (apparently) unmatched scale. Vodafone Business, the enterprise division of UK operator Vodafone, has said it has built “Europe’s first hybrid private 5G network”, on a site covering 700 hectares. The hybrid definition, here, means...

Big game hunting with private 5G – more takeaways from Private Networks Forum

A panel session at Private Networks European Forum last month put the spotlight on the discipline of network and system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 supplier market. These other groups include system...

Vodafone to test GNSS ‘corrections’ service for centimetre-level IoT and V2X accuracy

Vodafone is looking to offer enhanced satellite positioning to locate IoT devices and autonomous vehicles within centimetres, rather than with standard metre-range accuracy, as with straight GNSS services. It is working with US-based GNSS system developer Topcon Positioning Group to test the new service...

China Unicom, Huawei test 5G ‘super sensing’ for drones, transport, digital twins

China Unicom and Huawei have embarked on a research and development initiative to explore ‘smart super sensing’ in 5G networks. The technology seeks to leverage the multi-antenna architecture and high bandwidth capacity of 5G networks. It is pegged for usage with low-altitude drones, transportation,...

5G, MEC technologies currently enabling innovative ITS solutions: Telus

    According to Canadian operator Telus, current intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are on the verge of significant transformation as advanced network technologies, such as 5G and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC), are enabling solutions in ways never thought of until now. “Instead of managing independent siloed systems,...

Well, technically… communication has always been part of the autonomous vehicle concept: u-blox’s Stefania Sesia (Ep. 32)

Stefania Sesia, the senior director and head of global application marketing for automotive at u-blox, explains the difference between V2X for sensing, V2X for cognition, V2X for decision and V2X for actuation and why each element is important to autonomous driving.

Smart traffic management systems to save cities $277bn by 2025, says report

Smart traffic management systems will save cities $277 billion by 2025, by reducing traffic congestion. The figure is a rise of 55 percent on the 2021 savings forecast, of $178 billion in 2021. Traffic emissions will be reduced alongside. The uplift will come mainly...

Peachtree Corners puts Level 3 autonomous car on public road for ‘real-world’ V2X tests

The Atlanta suburb of Peachtree Corners, in Georgia in the US, has ‘filled the tank’ and pressed ‘go’ on a new Level 3 autonomous test vehicle, based on an open-source platform, from automaker Ford, for smart-city developers to try out new mobility technologies on...

Verizon and AWS roll out 5G-based MEC to Dallas and Miami to drive new V2X trials

Verizon has rolled out 5G-based edge computing with AWS to Dallas and Miami, taking the total city-count for their combined infrastructure to seven cities in the US. The setup is geared towards trials of a number of new latency-sensitive industrial applications, notably around healthcare...

NEC installs private 5G and camera-AI at new V2X test centre in Japan

NEC Corporation has opened a mobility test centre in Japan to develop autonomous driving technologies and intelligent transportation systems. The setup uses a private 5G network running high-speed video analytics to help vehicles connect with and navigate through traffic and road infrastructure. The new Mobility...

Shanghai smart city project to include ‘high-tech roads, autonomous buses and a 5G Network’

Automotive technology company Human Horizons is conducting a smart city project called the Vehicle-Road-City Integrated Smart City in the artificial intelligence hub of the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, China. Part of the company’s larger strategic blueprint, called '3 Smart,' the project will combine...

Deutsche Telekom, Nokia tests show edge computing is only way to make 5G-V2X safe

5G networks will only achieve the required reliability and latency for autonomous driving if sufficient edge compute functions are brought close to the roadside and architected correctly. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, between vehicles and with road infrastructure and services, will not enable driving systems to...

First dual-mode DSRC/C-V2X chipset makes the grade with Rohde & Schwarz

Test and measurement firm Rohde & Schwarz has validated a new dual-mode DSRC and C-V2X chipset from Autotalks, as the Israeli chip-maker also claims expansion into China. The lack of regulation around safety-critical vehicle-to-everything connectivity in the automotive sector has seen both dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) and...

ZTE, Qualcomm to launch LTE-V2X technology in China next year

  The two companies are working to develop both roadside units and onboard units supporting this technology   Chinese vendor ZTE is strengthening its strategic investments into the transportation and automotive market, the company said in a statement. ZTE is in the process of developing both roadside units...

Huawei, Audi strengthen intelligent connected vehicles cooperation

  Huawei said it has integrated its mobile data center platform into the Audi Q7   Huawei and Audi announced plans to strengthen their cooperation in the field of intelligent connected vehicles. During the Huawei Connect event taking place this week in Shanghai, China, the two partners carried...

Car maker Hyundai takes stake in Israeli V2X chipset maker Autotalks

Car maker Hyundai has bought a stake in Israeli vehicle-to-everything (V2X) chipset provider Autotalks. The pair will work together to accelerate deployment of “next generation chipsets” for connected cars, the South Korean firm said. The size of the investment has not been disclosed. Reuters has...

Uber crash a failure of test environment, says NI Week panel

A free-wheeling NI Week keynote panel discussed self-driving cars issues A physicist, a semiconductor salesman and a lawyer all met on a stage at NI Week -- sounds like the beginning of a bad joke involving a bar. Instead it was National Instruments’ keynote panel...

Nokia, KDDI trial eMBMS V2X technology in Japan

Vehicle trial leveraged sensors, eMBMS, Nokia MEC platform   Finnish vendor Nokia and Japanese communications firm KDDI said they have successfully demonstrated the use of LTE technology in Japan to deliver low-latency connectivity for vehicles. The partners claimed to be the first in the world to use...

Telecom Tweets of the Week: DSRC mandate on the chopping block?

Is the Trump administration backing away from mandating the use of Dedicated Short Range Communications technology in new vehicles? The Associated Press reported that the administration has decided not to pursue a final vehicle-to-vehicle mandate for auto manufacturers to deploy DSRC, citing four anonymous sources, including...

AT&T, Qualcomm and Nokia trial C-V2X in San Diego

The trial will focus on automotive safety, automated driving and traffic efficiency AT&T, Ford, Nokia, and Qualcomm Technologies have announced what it claims to be the first cellular-V2X (C-V2X) trials in the U.S. The involved companies said that testing is expected to take place in the...

V2X gaining traction in the smart mobility industry: Study

The research firm said V2X still needs a credible installation strategy ABI Research said V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communicaitons is finally gaining momentum in the smart mobility industry, with a growing number of initiatives, trials and product launches. The search firm said the cellular technology, which is being...