European Commission Directorate General Information Society and Media ICT for Transport

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European CommissionDirectorate General
Information Society and MediaICT for Transport

• Vehicle Communications WS
• San Francisco, 11 November 2005
• Workshop on Spectrum Requirements
• Brussels, 28 February 2006

17 January 2006
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The International Workshop on Vehicle
CommunicationsVehicle-to-Vehicle and
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications for
Safety and Efficiency
The SFO Workshop - Introduction

• Room 120, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Friday,
  11 November 2005

Supported by The U.S. Department of
Transportation EC DG for Information Society and
MediaJapanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
and Transport Organized by ITS
AmericaAutomotive, Telecommunications, and
Consumer Electronics Forum
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The Objectives

• To provide an overview of the ongoing initiatives
  on communications - enabled safety and efficiency
  applications,
• To explore the requirements and challenges in
  wireless communications technologies and
  strategies, addressing as well as the regional
  approaches to communications.
• To explore how to move forward towards practical
  and widespread deployment of communications -
  enabled systems, including the business case,
  cost-benefit analysis,
• Address privacy issues and role of
  standardisation.

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The Format

• Panels of international experts, with all
  attendees being able to join the debates
• Each panel with a moderator and one participant
  from each region
• Panel 1 Communications- Enabled Applications for
  Safety and Efficiency Status of Ongoing
  Initiatives
• Panel 2 Communications Technologies and
  Strategies
• Panel 3 Deployment, Business Case and Cost -
  Benefit analysis
• Panel 4 Privacy and Standardisation

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Panel 1 Communications- Enabled Applications for
Safety and Efficiency Status of Ongoing
Initiatives

• Moderator Mr. Akio Hosaka, AHSRA
• Panellist Mr. Setsuo Hirai, MLIT, Dr. Luisa
  Andreone, CRF and Ralph Robinson, Ford.
• Conclusions
• The objectives of the programs in the three
  regions are very similar, aiming at substantial
  improvements in both road safety for all road
  users and network efficiency/environmental
  friendliness of transport.
• In U.S., a list of 10 day 1 applications have
  been chosen. Some of these will be selected for
  the proof of concept field tests in 2007.
• Applications must provide benefit even with low
  penetration, and to provide value for all
• In Japan the key component of the ITS Stage 2
  system architecture is the open, standardised
  in-vehicle platform on which all applications
  will be based
• In Europe, the Integrated Projects CVIS, SAFESPOT
  and COOPERS will start in 2006. Many applications
  have been researched in the earlier projects. The
  Communications architecture has to support all
  applications.

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Panel 2 Communications Technologies and
Strategies

• Moderator Matthias Schulze, DaimlerChrysler
• Panellists Dr. Keisuke Uehara, Keio University,
  Rudolf Mietzner, Softlab (BMW Group) and Russ
  Shields, Ygomi.
• Conlusions
• A very complex issue, problematic to choose the
  right communications architecture and
  technologies.
• In U.S., V2V and V2I communications is anchored
  on the 5.9 GHz DSRC and IEEE 802.11p.
• However, this is not likely to be the only
  communications technology (may not satisfy all
  the needs of the different applications)
• In Japan, 5.8 GHz DSRC will be used for deploying
  the initial Stage 2 system.
• Europe promotes an approach based on the
  continuously connected vehicle concept, open
  telematics architecture, standardised in-vehicle
  platforms and CALM set of communications
  standards (Allocation of 20 MHz at the 5.9 GHz
  band has been proposed)
• The panel also discussed the pros and cons of
  other communications technologies such as
  cellular (GSM, GPRS and UMTS), mm-wave 62-64 GHz,
  WiMax and video-audio broadcasting technologies.

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Panel 3 Deployment, Business Case and Cost -
Benefit analysis

• Moderator Michael Nielsen, ERTICO
• Panellists Dr. Shunsuke Kamijo, University of
  Tokyo, Martin Capper, Mark IV and Dr. Bernd
  Rech, Volkswagen AG.
• Conclusions
• The problem faced by all regions The potential
  social and other benefits cannot be used to cover
  the costs
• U.S. estimates Cost of traffic fatalities and
  accidents about 250 billion USD per year, initial
  investment for a co-operative system 3-4 billion
  USD
• In Europe the figures are similar, with the costs
  estimated to be around 150 billion euro per year.
  
• U.S. Nothing can be sold on cost avoidance
  basis,
• Commercial applications could be used to pay for
  the system, but the role of governments and
  public funding becomes blurred
• In Europe and U.S. studies have been made on the
  use of incentives
• On the required partnerships, the panel was of
  the opinion that they will be created as required
  by the market. A problem may be the mobile
  telecommunications industry

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Panel 4 Privacy and Standardisation

• Moderator Michael Noblett
• Panellists Mr. Kenji Wani, MLIT, Gary Wallace,
  ATX and Knut Evensen, Q-free.
• Conclusions
• U.S. and Europe see privacy as a very important
  issue. In Japan privacy is also becoming a
  concern.
• In complex communications networks privacy
  protection is not an isolated issue but rather
  has to be a built in all processes, and poses a
  daily problem.
• Legitimate access for enforcement purposes is
  controversial. U.S. works on case by case basis.
  In Europe the situation differs greatly from one
  Member State to another, and is decided on the
  political level
• U.S. sees that opt-out should not be possible.
  Europe and Japan promote a softer approach
• The panel also supported the standardisation
  efforts, pointing out that a substantial amount
  of work had already been done on ISO TC 204 WG16
  on CALM. The standards, however, have to be
  cost-effective as well and provide benefits. Also
  the standardisation processes should be faster.

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Conclusions and Next Steps

• First ever International Workshop on Vehicle
  Communications supported by three regions and
  both industry and public sector
• A great success, attracting over 60 participants
  (full), very lively and informative panel
  discussions
• Presented work in progress in the three regions
  follow-up needed
• Europe is well placed due to eSafety, the
  activities starting now (CVIS, SAFESPOT, COOPERS,
  COMeSafety), and Car2Car Consortium
• Momentum to be maintained Next WS in London in
  October 2006

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The Spectrum Workshop - Introduction

• Title Workshop on spectrum requirements for
  road safety
• Venue and Date Brussels, tentatively on 28
  February 2006
• Requested by the Radio Spectrum Committee
  (meeting on 5 October 2005) who is keen to have a
  better understanding of the industrys
  requirements in spectrum use.
• Status
• Pre-announcement including the preliminary agenda
  sent in December 2005
• Finalising of the agenda, selection of speakers
  ongoing
• Invitations with final agenda by the end of
  January.
• The Radio Spectrum Committee (RSC) has been
  established under the Radio Spectrum Decision
  676/2002/EC. The RSC assists the Commission in
  the development and adoption of technical
  implementing measures aimed at ensuring
  harmonised conditions for the availability and
  efficient use of radio spectrum.

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Objectives

• The purpose of this workshop is to get the
  interested parties together to discuss the
  spectrum requirements especially for the safety
  critical applications in the context of
  Intelligent Transport Systems and Co-operative
  Systems
• The Workshop will explore the status of current
  activities in Europe and globally in terms of the
  ongoing initiatives, harmonisation and
  standardization, and finally how to proceed.
• The questions made by the MS delegations at the
  RSC meeting will need to be addressed as well.
• This is a very important Workshop for the
  road safety spectrum issues and for the industry
  Member States dialogue

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Invitees

• Radio Spectrum Committee delegations
• CEPT and ETSI experts, IST-SG Chair
• eSafety Communications Working Group
• eSafety Forum Steering Group and WG Chairs
• eSafety Forum (those who have shown interest)
• Car-to-Car Communications Consortium, SARA Group
• ACEA, ERTICO, CLEPA, ASECAP, ERF
• Representatives of RD projects funded by the EU
  Framework Programme 6.
• EC services (DGs INFSO, ENTR, TREN, RTD)

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Agenda

• CHAIR European
  Commission
• 10.00 10.10 Opening
• 10.10 10.30 The Commission viewpoint
• Objectives of the workshop.
• The mechanisms for spectrum allocation.
• 10.30 12.30 Cooperative Systems and spectrum
  requirements
• Overview (Communications WG)
• Applications (COMeSafety projects)
• Requirements (Why 5.9 GHz?) (Car-to-Car
  Consortium)
• 12.30 13.00 Current activities, standardisation
  (CEPT, ETSI)
• 13.00 14.30 Lunch break
• 14.30 - 15.00 International harmonization
• Europe in comparison with USA and Japan
• 15.00 16.00 Statements by the participants
• Questions and Answers
• 16.00 16.30 Conclusions and Next Steps
• 16.30 Adjourn

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Proposal for speakers

• Cooperative Systems and spectrum requirements
• Overview (eSafety Forum Communications WG)
• 15 Uwe Daniel
• Applications (COMeSafety projects)
• 15 Rudolf Mietzner from COMeSafety
• 10 Paul Kompfner or Knut Evensen from CVIS
• 10 Luisa Andreone from SAFESPOT
• Requirements (Why 5.9 GHz?) (Car-to-Car
  Consortium)
• 20 K-O Proskawetz to coordinate with Gerhard
  Rollmann, others
• Current activities, standardisation (CEPT, ETSI)
• 15 Fatih Yurdal  (CEPT)
• 15 Michael Sharpe ETSI, with Bob Williams
  Chair ETSI ERM TG37
• International harmonization - Europe in
  comparison with USA and Japan
• 20 Matthias Schultze, DC and/or Knut Evensen,
  Q-free

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The eSafety Initiative in 2006
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Interested?

• email infso-rsc_at_cec.eu.int
• Infso-esafety_at_cec.eu.int