Long Beach, CA

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PRESENTATION to ITS America
VII applications for Commercial Vehiclesis there
a business case?
Long Beach, CA October 25th , 2006
This document is confidential and is intended
solely for the use and information of the client
to whom it is addressed.
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Table Of Contents

• VII Program definition and status
• Commercial Vehicle Applications
• Brief review of one potential application-wireless
  safety inspections
  
• Next Steps

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Three key components of VII

• On-board Equipment (OBE)
• human machine interface,
• vehicle interfaces, (to on-board networks)
• Applications, memory and processing,
• positioning, (GPS and dead-reckoning system)
• communications functions (radio, antenna, etc)

• Roadside Equipment (RSE) access nodes
  positioned along highways, at traffic
  intersections and other locations. Each RSE
  includes a DSRC radio, GPS, processor, and router
  to send messages back through the VII Network.
  Approximately 250,000 to be deployed in Phase 1.
• Network The VII Network interconnects the
  road-side RSEs, network services, and the network
  end-users.

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The VII architecture will support a variety of
services and applications

• Applications designed into VII
• Public-sector traveler information,
• Public-sector safety (intersection collision
  warning, roadway conditions, etc.)
  
• Public-sector commerce (toll collection, parking,
  HOT, etc.),
  
• Public-sector vehicle administrative
  (inspections, registration, decals,
  etc.including commercial vehicle operations)
  
• Private sector safety (including
  vehicle-to-vehicle safety applications)
  
• Private sector commercial and convenience
• OEM provided (customer relationship management,
  navigation, infotainment, etc.)
  
• Third-arty provided? (similar to above)
• Applications Designed OUT of VII
• Law enforcement and related investigation

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VII Program Organization
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Current work efforts focus on developing an
integrated test of the VII system

• Combined with additional analysis, POC will drive
  a major decision milestone expected late 2008

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VII and Commercial Vehicles
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To date, the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration
(VII) initiative has been focused on the light
duty automotive marketand this probably makes
sense
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but commercial motor vehicles (and fleet
customers) present a potentially attractive
application for VII technology
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A market for short range wireless
communications is already in-place in the
commercial trucking industry

• Major heavy duty engine suppliers already offer
  wireless diagnostics. (DDC, Volvo, Mack,
  Caterpillar)
  
• Products and applications that wirelessly link
  the heavy-duty vehicle databus with a remote
  terminal are also available in the marketplace,
  (Eaton, Delphi, Dearborn, Vetronics, Clever
  Devices, others).
• Advanced electronic screening programs are
  available to fleets to allow them to by-pass
  inspection stations (e.g. Prepass, Norpass),
  and,
• Electronic toll collection (which to date relies
  on 900MHz short range communications) remains an
  important service for motor freight carriers.

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Wifi services are also being offered at numerous
truck stops.
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DSCR/WAVE technology can provide some of the
functionality and services of multiple wireless
communications media..

• Cellular and Satellite while not designed for
  voice transmissions, email, or continuous vehicle
  tracking, when coupled with an appropriately
  designed backhaul network, DSRC could potentially
  be a cost effective means for transmitting data
  (including short messages, diagnostic data, etc.)
  between fleet vehicles and their dispatch
  centers.
• 900 Mhz short range communications The 5.9GHz
  DSRC/WAVE media could readily enable
  interoperable toll collection, electronic
  clearance and other existing short range wireless
  applications.
• Wifi A 5.9GHz DSRC/WAVE-based on board unit
  could also readily handle transmission of
  maintenance related diagnostic data and vehicle
  software updates that are currently being
  implemented using Wifi or Bluetooth technology

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DSRC technology infrastructure can support a
variety of safety and security applications for
the commercial vehicle sector
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And, VII/DSRC can support a variety of
convenience applications that are of particular
importance for commercial vehicle operators.
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Finally, the commercial vehicle and light duty
sectors must eventually embrace a common
communications solution to support cross cutting
safety applications

• Intersection Collision Avoidance Concepts
• Enhanced Collision Warning Applications
• Notification of Approaching Emergency Vehicle
• Automatic Collision Notification
• Many other safety and non-safety applications

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Key challenges for deploying VII/DSRC technology
in the Commercial Vehicle sector

• How can DSRC be combined and leveraged with
• existing satellite and cellular telematics
  services?
  
• Wifi and Bluetooth?
• Is electronically identifying the driver to the
  vehicle institutionally and economically feasible
  in order to support various safety and security
  applications (e.g., Transportation Workers
  Identification Card?)
• If and how should various government
  administrative and/or regulatory requirements be
  incorporated? (safety inspections emissions
  inspections state issued permits proof of
  insurance, etc.)

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Key questions for FMCSA, States and the
Commercial Vehicle Industry regarding VII.

• Should industry get more involved at this point
  in time?.....or should CV industry adopt a wait
  and see stance to see what happens in the light
  duty sector?
• Is there a middle ground position?
• Do cost/benefit research on specific applications
  for CVOand compare with alternative technology
  and/or process solutions for achieving the same
  ends?
• Complete an overall (but still high level)
  assessment of total long term costs and benefits
  to the industry.considering mobility, safety,
  and security applications?
• Paper Studies to determine technical, cost and
  institutional challenges that may be unique to
  CVO industry
  
• Develop a high-level deployment plan..both as a
  means of surfacing deployment issues, and to help
  evaluate how long it would take CV industry to
  catch up with the light duty sector should VII
  become a viable program.
• How should the Smart Roadside program be linked
  to VII.if at all?

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Robert KreebBooz Allen Hamilton

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• Email kreeb_bob_at_bah.com