A reference architecture for cooperative driving

• DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2013.05.014
• Publication Date: 2013-06-06T14:12:19Z
• Authors: Sagar Behere; Martin Törngren; De-Jiu Chen
• Keywords: Cooperative driving; 05 social sciences; Intelligent transportation systems; 02 engineering and technology; Control Engineering; Autonomous systems; Datorsystem; Computer Systems; Reglerteknik; Automotive embedded application; 0502 economics and business; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; Reference architecture; Inbäddad systemteknik; Embedded Systems

Cooperative driving systems enable vehicles to adapt their motion to the surrounding traffic situation by utilizing information communicated by other vehicles and infrastructure in the vicinity. How should these systems be designed and integrated into the modern automobile? What are the needed functions, key architectural elements and their relationships? We created a reference architecture that systematically answers these questions and validated it in real world usage scenarios. Key findings concern required services and enabling them via the architecture. We present the reference architecture and discuss how it can influence the design and implementation of such features in automotive systems.