全球车载通信DSRC标准发展及应用

研究了新一代车车、车路之间通信标准协议,即专用短程通信(Dedicated Short Range Communications,DSRC)和车载环境下的无线接入协议。调研了欧洲、日本、美国和中国车载通信标准的最新发展情况,阐述了DSRC系统架构、技术原理以及通信标准,重点分析了DSRC物理层和MAC层关键技术,比较了IEEE 802.11和IEEE 802.11p异同点,最后展望了DSRC技术在汽车工业、汽车通信上的发展前景。本文全面深入讲述DSRC技术特点,为下一步我国制定车载通信发展战略提供参考依据。     

DSRC技术原理及其应用

DSRC技术将路与车统一为有机整体，为智能交通系统提供了综合性的智能通信平台。主要从DSRC技术标准化着手，详细阐述了DSRC技术的原理，分析了DSRC技术的通信机制和流程，提出了DSRC技术的在ETC和ITS应用和发展方向。     

最优化路网可观可控性的DSRC 网设计模型研究

我国高速公路电子不停车收费系统联网建设即将实现全国联网,如此大规模的系统互联为高速公路的运行管理带来了新的契机.既提供了一种可靠的交通运行状态信息获取方式,也构建了一个具有相当覆盖范围的车路交互平台,从而实现路网的协同管控与出行服务水平的提升.基于此,首先给出路网可观性、可控性的概念模型;其次根据 DSRC设备双向交互的特点,提出面向路网可观性与可控性双目标优化模型,基于路网旅行时间测量误差最小化为目标的路网可观性评估模型及基于路网系统旅行时间最小化为目标的路网可控制性评估模型,最后,通过数值算例对模型进行了验证.结果表明,提出的模型是可行的、有效的.     

基于PHS的ETC联网收费系统探讨

通过DSRC与PHS的比较分析,提出基于PHS的ETC联网收费系统,探讨系统结构和层次架构。该系统充分利用现有成熟的PHS无线通信技术及功能模块,实现联网收费所要求的车辆识别、路由识别、拆账处理及车辆放行处理等必备功能。在层次结构上,通过添加表示层实现DSRC和PHS至应用层的映射,从而可利用PHS的多种通信手段实现路况信息通知和查询、无线急救电话等增值业务。     

Scalable stability analysis on large connected vehicle systems subject to stochastic communication delays

In this paper large connected vehicle systems are analyzed where vehicles utilize vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication to control their longitudinal motion. It is shown that packet drops in communication channels introduce stochastic delay variations in the feedback loops. Scalable methods are developed to evaluate stability and disturbance attenuation while utilizing the mean, second moment, and covariance dynamics in open chain and closed ring configurations. The stability results are summarized using stability diagrams in the plane of the control parameters while varying the packet delivery ratio and the number of vehicles. Also, the relationship between the stability of different configurations is characterized. The results emphasize the feasibility of V2V communication-based control in improving traffic flow.     

Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication in a heterogeneous wireless network – Performance evaluation

Connected Vehicle Technology (CVT) requires wireless data transmission between vehicles (V2V), and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I). Evaluating the performance of different network options for V2V and V2I communication that ensure optimal utilization of resources is a prerequisite when designing and developing robust wireless networks for CVT applications. Though dedicated short range communication (DSRC) has been considered as the primary communication option for CVT safety applications, the use of other wireless technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, WiMAX) allow longer range communications and throughput requirements that could not be supported by DSRC alone. Further, the use of other wireless technology potentially reduces the need for costly DSRC infrastructure. In this research, the authors evaluated the performance of Het-Net consisting of Wi-Fi, DSRC and LTE technologies for V2V and V2I communications. An application layer handoff method was developed to enable Het-Net communication for two CVT applications: traffic data collection, and forward collision warning. The handoff method ensures the optimal utilization of available communication options (i.e., eliminate the need of using multiple communication options at the same time) and corresponding backhaul communication infrastructure depending on the connected vehicle application requirements. Field studies conducted in this research demonstrated that the use of Het-Net broadened the range and coverage of V2V and V2I communications. The use of the application layer handoff technique to maintain seamless connectivity for CVT applications was also successfully demonstrated and can be adopted in future Het-Net supported connected vehicle applications. A long handoff time was observed when the application switches from LTE to Wi-Fi. The delay is largely due to the time required to activate the 802.11 link and the time required for the vehicle to associate with the RSU (i.e., access point). Modifying the application to implement a soft handoff where a new network is seamlessly connected before breaking from the existing network can greatly reduce (or eliminate) the interruption of network service observed by the application. However, the use of a Het-Net did not compromise the performance of the traffic data collection application as this application does not require very low latency, unlike connected vehicle safety applications. Field tests revealed that the handoff between networks in Het-Net required several seconds (i.e., higher than 200 ms required for safety applications). Thus, Het-Net could not be used to support safety applications that require communication latency less than 200 ms. However, Het-Net could provide additional/supplementary connectivity for safety applications to warn vehicles upstream to take proactive actions to avoid problem locations. To validate and establish the findings from field tests that included a limited number of connected vehicles, ns-3 simulation experiments with a larger number of connected vehicles were conducted involving a DSRC and LTE Het-Net scenario. The latency and packet delivery error trend obtained from ns-3 simulation were found to be similar to the field experiment results.     

Dynamics of connected vehicle systems with delayed acceleration feedback

In this paper, acceleration-based connected cruise control (CCC) is proposed to increase roadway traffic mobility. CCC is designed to be able to use acceleration signals received from multiple vehicles ahead through wireless vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication. We consider various connectivity structures in heterogeneous platoons comprised of human-driven and CCC vehicles. We show that inserting a few CCC vehicles with appropriately designed gains and delays into the flow, one can stabilize otherwise string unstable vehicle platoons. Exploiting the flexibility of ad-hoc connectivity, CCC can be applied in a large variety of traffic scenarios. Moreover, using acceleration feedback in a selective manner, CCC provides robust performance and remains scalable for large systems of connected vehicles. Our conclusions are verified by simulations at the nonlinear level.     

多车道自由流收费系统实现方法研究

对多车道自由流收费技术进行了探讨.介绍了自主研发的多车道自由流收费系统构成,在分析现有视频设备的基础上,提出了一种新的对多车道车辆视频检测准确定位方法,运用计算机操作系统实时多任务的设计方法对系统各个模块协调控制进行分析和设计.     

An ontological model to support communications of situation-aware vehicles

In an Intelligent Transport System (ITS) environment, the communication component is of great importance to support interactions between vehicles and roadside infrastructure. Previous studies have focused on the physical capability and capacity of the communication technologies, but the equally important development of suitable and efficient semantic content for transmission received notably less attention. Ontology is one promising approach for context modelling in ubiquitous computing environments, and in the transport domain it can be used both for context modelling and semantic contents for vehicular communications. This paper explores the development of an ontological model implementing relative geo-semantic information messages to support vehicle-to-vehicle communications. The proposed ontology model contains classes, objects, their properties/relations as well as some functions and query templates to represent and update the information of dynamic vehicles, inter-vehicle interactions and behaviour. This model was developed through a scenario enabling the evaluation of traffic conflict resolution approaches, by implementing a set of decision-making processes for intelligent vehicles. Given the scope of the proposed ontology modelling, it shows how vehicular communications can be used to update each vehicle’s context model. This work can be easily extended for more complex interactions among vehicles and the infrastructure.