Transition Areas for Infrastructure-Assisted Driving

The TransAID project is preparing itself to incorporate traffic management measures into its simulations, taking into account realistic V2X communication processes. To this end, it uses the  iTETRIS software framework to conduct simulations of traffic management procedures involving the coupling (via the middelware iCS) between a traffic simulator (SUMO) modified for (C)Avs and a communication simulator (ns-3), which all are open-source programs. Deliverable D6.1 gives a detailed description of the available software platforms, and the reasons for choosing the iTETRIS framework. In addition, it provides more information on how to setup the entire integrated platform, as well as extending the application modules to implement traffic management measures. Finally, the deliverable outlines the tools to assess the simulation results by statistical and visual analysis.

Deliverable D4.1 describes the creation of the next generation of traffic management procedures and protocols that address the presence of autonomous vehicles, as to be deployed in TransAID. We highlight the state-of-the-art of traffic management procedures, focusing on general approaches, the coordination of CAVs, and the impact of machine learning techniques and artificial intelligence. We then outline TransAID’s traffic management framework, positioning ourselves as an intermediary service provider. This encompasses high- and low-level traffic management operations, as well as raising some concerns on the compliance of automated vehicles to traffic laws. Next, the bulk of the report discusses in detail the five selected services and use cases, each time highlighting when, where, and how traffic measures should be applied. In conclusion, we give some further approaches to integrated traffic management, and sketch several general communications requirements for traffic management systems, focusing on the types of messages to be transceived.