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Publication Number:      Date:  September 17, 2015
Publication Date: September 17, 2015

 

Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research

Positioning Challenges and Vision for Transportation

ION GNSS+ Workshop

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Outline

Enabling Research

  • Communications, Cloud Data
  • Local Sensors
  • Data Fusion
  • Control Systems
  • Human-in-the-Loop
 Graphics collage showing an abstract look at roadway, vehicle, clouds, and data lines representing solutions to managing vehicle positioning in a variety of highway environments.

Connected Vehicles

  • Benefits: Safety, Mobility, Energy
  • Applications
    • Platooning
    • Intersections
  • What's Next
    • Scaling benefits, interoperability
    • Verification
 Photo of a signal control cabinet with the doors open showing the wires and equipment for dedicated short range communications.

Truck Platooning

  • Benefits: Energy, Mobility, Safety
  • Research Issues
    • HMI, vehicle dynamics, scenarios
 Photo of three trucks traveling behind each other on an open road in an automated truck platoon. Dedicated short range communication is used between the lead and following vehicles for increased capacity and improved fuel efficiency.

Pedestrian Navigation

  • Benefits: Mobility, Safety
  • Research Issues
    • Signal access
    • Power
    • Indoor to outdoor transitions
  • What's Next
    • HMI
    • Initial network
 Image of a commercial smart phone and a high-quality sensor. The sensor is about half the size of the cell phone and is designed to attach to clothing at the waist.

Government Vision

 

 

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