On the Fifth Generation Communication Automotive Research and Innovation Project5GCAR – The Vehicular 5G PPP Phase 2 Project

Connected vehicles and cooperative intelligent transport systems (ITS) are foreseen to improve road traffic safety and efficiency; vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communication is one important enabler. While first V2X services will target assisted driving, based on communication technologies like ITS G5 and in future LTE/LTE-A/5G V2X. In the longer run advanced V2X services will evolve towards cooperative automated driving and collective perception of complex road traffic situations. The upcoming 5G standard will target such advanced V2X use cases with a promise of ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) with guaranteed latencies down to 5 ms, support for high data rates, a system scalable to high vehicles densities, and with a flexible network architecture that also supports new business models. Besides the development and evaluation of 5G concepts in time for the 5G standardization, the 5G PPP Phase 2 5GCAR project will demonstrate three advanced V2X use cases with prototype network equipment on an automotive test track.