ENG09027 2017 Connected Vehicles

Identify and describe an Intelligent Transport System (ITS), and distinguish between its constituant parts.

Discuss the technologies used in Connected Vehicles, and integrate this knowledge with that already gained on sensor technologies.

Develop an understanding of the basics of wireless communications, with focus on the critical evaluation metrics as appropriate for Vehicle Communication technologies.

Discuss the application categories for Vehicle Communication Technologies, both safety and non-safety, and determine their associated challenges.

Research the V2X technology evolution, and form an opinion on where the technology is going.

Assess the societal impact of Intelligent Transport Systems.

A lecture will be provided weekly. Up-to-date reading materials, such as chapters in a book or articles and journal papers, will be made available before the lecture with the intended purpose of providing foundation knowledge for the lecture or thought-provoking material on the lecture topic. Where relevant, further reading in the form of papers and patents will be available for reading post-lecture. The individual assessments will be designed in such a way as to develop life-long skills of the student in the areas of research, technical writing and societal impact considerations of technological change. 

An end of semester written exam and two individual assignments will be given to assess the module. 

The first assessment explores the V2X evolution. 

The second assignment asks the learner to explore the societal impact of Connected Vehicles. 

The student is required to pass both the assessment and written exam elements of this module.

A repeat exam during the Autumn sitting wil be made available. In addition, an opportunity to submit repeat assessment work will be available for the Autumn sitting.

Understand what is meant by an intelligent transport system (ITS) (LO1)

Objectives of an ITS (LO1)

Vehicle Interactions such as V2V, V2I, V2R, V2N, V2P, I2I (LO1)

VANET, MANET, InVANET (LO1)

Routing Methodologies for vehicle interactions (LO1)

Virtual Understanding of the environment through sensor data (LO2)

In-vehicle digital maps and positioning technologies as sensing systems (LO2)

Limitations of GPS (LO2)

Broadcasting, including onehop and multihop (LO2)

Basics of Mobile Wireless Communication Basics (LO3)

Evaluation Metrics, e.g. Delay Time, Estimation Error , Transmission Delay, Packet Delay Ratio, Jitter, Connection Duration, Load on the network, Awareness Percentage (LO3)

DSRC, C-V2X and C-ITS (LO3)

Spectrum for Intelligent transport systems (LO3)

Safety Applications Categories such as Enhanced Safety Applications; Traffic Management; Integrated Navigation; Cash Response and Preventative maintenance (LO4)

Non safety Applications such as infotainment, Convenience Services and General Wifi access (LO4)

Research the V2X evolution - history, competing technologies, US vs. EU, trends and predictions, challenges and future potential. (LO5)

Applicable Case studies, e.g. Google Driverless Car; Uber, BMW, JLR, GM, Ford (LO5)

Status of Intelligent Transport System in Ireland (LO5)

Societal Impact of Intelligent Transport Systems (LO6)