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ERTICO eMagazine In this Issue: 79 GHz : towards Vehicle and Road Automation development

Driving ITS in Lithuania Ian Bearder speaks to Dainius Diska - CEO of ITS Lithuania

IT(‘)S Helsinki, IT(‘)S Tokyo 20th ITS World Congress & First ITS APP contest for the ‘Best traffic Applications for mobiles’ opens

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79GHz : towards Vehicle and Road Automation development

Dear Readers,

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Driving ITS in Lithuania Ian Bearder speaks to Dainius Diska - CEO of ITS Lithuania

In this edition we take a closer look

Bearder zooms in on ITS development

at the 79 GHz frequency allocation,

in and the ITS vision of Lithuania under

ITS development and priorities in

the Presidency of the Council of the

Lithuania under the President of the

European Union. ITS Lithuania was

Council of the European Union and

the first ITS organization in the Baltic

the 2013 ITS World Congress in Tokyo.

States. Executive Director of ITS

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IT(‘)S Helsinki, IT(‘)S Tokyo 20th ITS World Congress & First ITS App contest for the ‘Best traffic Applications for mobiles’ opens

New and complex automotive radar

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applications are essential with regard to the long term goal of zero accidents.

The European Commission defined the 79 GHz band as the frequency allocation for automotive SRR. Since European car manufacturers operate

Lithuania Mr Dainius Diska confirms in an interview that continuous innovation plays a central role in the future of Lithuania’s economy and that the country aspires to be the innovation center of the North Baltic region.

in world markets, the 79 GHz must

ERTICO’s Carla Coppola gives you the

be regulated on a global scale. In the

latest news from the 20th ITS World

first article, ERTICO’s Maria De Rycke

Congress in Tokyo taking place this

These views and opinions do not

explains how the 79 GHz project is

week. The Call for Papers for the

necessarily

effectively speeding up the global

European ITS Congress in 2014 was

adoption of the 79 GHz frequency

officially opened yesterday with a

range.

new category of commercial papers

The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are solely those of the authors and other contributors. represent

ERTICO or its Partners.

those

of

In a second article, ERTICO’s Ian

dedicated to near-market research.

Also the ITS App Contest 2014 will be officially opened which will reward the best developers and the best traffic applications for smartphones.

Enjoy !

The Editorial Team

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79 GHz : towards Vehicle and Road Automation development

by Maria De Rycke

New and complex automotive radar applications are essential with regard to the long term goal of zero accidents and require short-range radars (SRR). Therefore the European Commission defined the 79 GHz band as the frequency allocation for automotive SRR. But European car manufacturers operate in world markets and therefore the 79 GHz frequency must be regulated on a global scale.

Speaking at the 79 GHz workshop held at ITU on 7 November 2012, Project Coordinator J端rgen Hildebrandt of Robert Bosch GmbH of an EC co-funded project with the same name, confirmed that car radar technology is very important because it has proven it sales lives on the road. Mr Hildebrandt expected that by the end of the project around mid-2014, the 79 GHz frequency range will be allocated in all key regions of the world (BRIC countries, USA, Canada, all the Gulf States and a large part of Asia). Once these targets will be achieved, he predicts that other countries will join the fold.

The 79 GHz project is also an important step within a larger EU vision of fully automated driving. Improvement of sensors is one of the key elements that make the automation of vehicle driving possible. China and Japan are developing new technologies to support this evolution. But also the European Commission is looking at potential higher frequency bands than the 79 GHz for automotive use.

The 79 GHz: Advantages Automotive radar applications are playing a key role with regard to the long term goal of zero accidents. New and complex applications require SSR that meet demanding requirements such as higher range resolution, better object discrimination, high spatial

resolution

and

77 GHz to 81 GHz frequency range

a wide range of safety functions :

are ideal for the next generation

for instance the Collision Warning

of

new

System (CWS) and Collision Mitigation

requirements. Therefore in 2004 the

System (CMS) provide an acoustic

European Commission defined the 79

and/or optical warning to the driver

GHz band as the frequency allocation

and may prepare the braking system

for automotive SSR.

if the driver does not generate the

sensors

supporting

the

European car manufacturers and their suppliers can only be truly competitive in regional and world markets if the 79 GHz frequency allocation is regulated globally.

necessary

deceleration

to

avoid

collision. Another example is the Vulnerable

Road

User

Detection

(VUD) that supports the detection of vulnerable road users (cyclists or pedestrians) in front in order

reduced

The 79 GHz band and a higher

to enable warning or assist brake

mutual interference. SSR in the

power limitation are essential for

functions.

Status worldwide implementation A key goal of the 79 GHz project is to speed up the 79 GHz frequency adoption worldwide. The current

regulated. China and India have no

Harmonisation”,

regulation for 79 GHz but currently

October, will inform the ITS experts

discussions and initiatives are being

on the current status of the activities

promoted by the CSA 79 GHz project.

in the field of automotive radar

status of the allocation is illustrated

In Japan, the 79 GHz band is now

in figure 2. At the start of the project

regulated. A positive outcome is

in 2011, the 79 GHz radar equipment

expected from countries like Korea

was authorized in the 27 EU member

where the legislation procedure is

states and in most of other 21 CEPT

amended to accept 79 GHz. The 79

hosted

on

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systems. The speakers will focus both on the technology and the frequency regulation / allocation, analyzing pros and cons of the individual frequency ranges, and on the activities of GARREG. More

info

can

be

found

on

www.79ghz.eu

The 79 GHz frequency allocation’s larger strategic role for the future of ITS The 79 GHz Coordination Support Action is an important step within a larger EU vision of fully automated driving. the

Project

Coordination

Figure 2 : Overview of 79 GHz allocation status

(European Conference of Postal and

GHz project had a successful meeting

Telecommunications Administrations)

with Thailand’s authorities and a

countries. In all other countries, a

petition will be submitted to request

lack of any regulatory framework

for the regulation of 79 GHz.

“Vehicle

and

is

currently

Coordinator and

of

the

Support Action

Road

Automation

Network”, a project within the EU 7th framework program. It is evident that automation of vehicle driving is made possible thanks to the

for this frequency band made the

improvement of sensors, power train

operation of 79 GHz radar devices impossible. However various actions

Next steps : 2013 Tokyo World

taken by the 79 GHz project partners

Congress

resulted in an increased adoption

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control as well as communication.

Vehicle and Road Automation will improve traffic safety by reducing

A 79 GHz project workshop will be

the number of incidents due to

held at the ITS World Congress in Tokyo

human errors, driver’s distraction or

In the USA a petition to adopt and

on 17 October 2013. This workshop

reduced vigilance.

release the 77 to 81 GHz band

will provide a status overview of the

is expected by the end of 2013.

project achievements globally. The

Canada’s decision regarding 79 GHz

workshop will also zoom in on the

partially follows the USA due to the

activities of the GARREG, the Global

cross border situation and direct

Automotive Radio Regulations Expert

neighbourhood to the USA.

Group, to establish a worldwide

rate.

Several Gulf States are preparing for the introduction and in Brazil activities are ongoing. In Argentina,

acting interest

technical group

committee for

and

automotive

frequency allocation issues.

The reduction of traffic fatalities is a major consideration within the EU research plan Horizon 2020.

This explains the increased focus on automotive radar sensors and cameras. The European slogan of the current decade with regard to the direction of automotive sensor development is : “2011-2020 – the

the CSA 79GHz project is in contact

The Special Interest Session (SIS16)

Decade of Action for Road Safety”.

with relevant regulatory bodies. In

“Automotive Radar on the Move

The rollout of EuroNCAP (European

Chile, the 79 GHz band has been

– Toward International Frequency

New Car Assessment Program is

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one of these EU road safety targets for 2020 asking for example for autonomous

emergency

braking

system (AEBS) for trucks. The planned mandatory implementation of AEBS for commercial vehicles in Europe will significantly increase the takeup rate in trucks from a few percent in 2013 to full installation in 2015. As indicated by Daimler in an interview with Microwave Journal Frequency

The Project at a glance 79 GHz The Coordination and Support Activity (CSA) 79 GHz is a 3-year project within the 7th EU Framework Program. It runs for the period 2011-2014 and is coordinated by Robert Bosch. The basic intention and objective of this funding instrument are to establish and speed-up the worldwide harmonized frequency allocation for vehicle radars in the frequency band 77-81 GHz (79 GHz).

Matters (edition 13 September 2013),

Expected results

“it has to be assumed that the already

From its very nature 79 GHz project initiates and promotes the 79 GHz rulemaking process in key countries of the world. The ultimate goal is to achieve for all countries the same regulation as already adopted by the European Commission Decision 2004/545/EC, which means with same emission power specification and frequency parameters. Consequently a harmonized worldwide 79 GHz frequency band can become available, a pre-requisite for large mass-market deployment.

established 77 GHz technology will be used when the AEBS function becomes mandatory.

After 2015,

an annual growth rate of 3 percent has to be envisioned. However, other sensor technologies or radar systems using different frequencies may take

More info on

www.79ghz.eu

over parts of this huge market, which amounts to about 1 million sensors per annum for trucks in Europe alone.�

wants China to have the technologies

and information exchange between

China and Japan have also taken the

for completed unmanned vehicles by

closely operating cars. The use of

autonomous driving route.

China

2015. In Japan, the Tokyo Institute

even higher frequency bands than

carried out a test with a driverless

of Technology chairs the autonomous

the 79 GHz range for automotive

car that drove over a distance of

driving initiatives with the input of

use (i.e. 122 GHz) is currently

286 km from Changsha to Wuhan.

various equipment manufacturers.

being investigated by the European

Unlike foreign unmanned vehicles

The vehicle used utilizes a variety

Commission. It seems that automotive

relying

and

of technologies, including GPS, mm-

radars frequencies will remain on the

digital information, this car used

wave radar, laser tracking and stereo

agenda for a considerable time to

surround

and

cameras, to achieve autonomy. Also

come.

intelligent decision making to control

the European Commission is looking

the vehicle. This test was made

into new solutions. The 76 to 81

within the context of the China

GHz radar bands could be used on a

Intelligent Vehicle Challenge that

timeshared basis for identification

on

GPS sensing

information systems

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Driving ITS in Lithuania on 1st July 2013, Lithuania took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, promising to put “new technologies and mobility” high on the transport agenda. Ian Bearder speaks to Dainius Diska - CEO of ITS Lithuania.

by Ian Bearder

Sitting in a small, pedal-powered toy car, I was joking with two Lithuanian policemen in the seaside town of Palanga whilst my Danish friend wandered inside to report the loss of his wallet.

We had hired the little red tourist vehicle to cycle 6km out of the town to reach the police station and I was trying, unsuccessfully, to convince the officers that we were going to pedal all the way across the country, to the capital city, Vilnius.

“Good Luck” they shouted as we

ITS Lithuania, he tells me, was

majority of the projects (82%) have

cycled off again, back to the town to

established in September 2011 as the

been oriented to traffic control.

collect our real car.

first such organisation in the Baltic

These include:

States and represents a wide range

The Vilnius system

The drive across Lithuania wasn’t a high-tech journey, I don’t remember much traffic, and due to Lithuania’s relatively small size – the journey only lasted a few hours.

of sectors within the ITS community, including the central government, local authorities, automotive industry, transport operators, manufacturers and academic/research institutions.

However, on 1st July 2013, Lithuania

traffic

management

In June 2007 the city of Vilnius was the first city in the Baltic States to introduce

a

city-wide

intelligent

traffic

management

system

Together they contribute to the

(TMS). The system includes many

development and implementation of

components, such as a dedicated

ITS projects in Lithuania with the aim

Traffic Management Centre, traffic

of delivering real economic efficiency,

sensors and traffic light controllers,

transport safety, and environmental

and a driver information and traffic

and human well-being.

monitoring system (www.sviesoforai.

the ground in Lithuania, what systems

“What is the current status of ITS in

lt).

have they implemented and what

Lithuania?” I asked. “Are there any

A

priorities are they currently working

key projects taking place?”

Information System

Dainius tells me that, in the past

Forty three automated road weather

20 years, 35 ITS projects have been

stations, with facilities to watch

carried out in Lithuania with a total

weather

took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, promised to put “new technologies and mobility” high on the transport agenda. So, I was curious to find out how the ITS industry is developing on

on.

I

contacted

Diska,

CEO

Dainius of

ITS

Lithuania to find out.

value of 140,5 million EUR. The

National

Traffic

conditions

and

and

Road

video

cameras, as well as traffic counters

“Hnit Baltic, for example, is the

trucks and commercial vehicles and

have been deployed on every road of

largest

working on projects to link vehicles

national importance across Lithuania.

geographic information systems (GIS)

To control the system, a Traffic

software and solutions based on the

Information Centre at the premises

generating companies in Eastern and

of Lithuanian Road Administration has

Central Europe started its activities

been equipped with a state-of-the-art

in Lithuania in 1993. Affecto Lietuva

video (monitored around the clock)

is one of the leading IT services

and when the system is complete

and solution providers in Lithuania

- traffic information will be made

and the Baltic states, and Merakas

available both to special services and

(a Lithuanian company) develops

education.

to travellers.

software

“ITS is quite a new area of study”

E – Ticketing

and

most

tools

experienced

for

timetable

“How can a small state whose population

totals

just

over

3

million surprise the world?” Dainius responds

rhetorically.

“Sometimes

small is more flexible, but in our world of globalization, it looks more (e-ticketing) has been in operation in cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda.

The technology was implemented with the help of EU funding. Thanks to the project a unified e-ticketing and passenger information system exists, covering the networks which are operated with buses and trolleybuses and are open for new services such

better. I ask him how he would spend 10 million Euros on ITS in Lithuania?

The

answer

is

straightforward:

rarely participate in international

challenging.

ticketing

Dainius would make things even

Lithuania is a small state with just

industry or if it make things more

electronic

country, but I want to know how

says Dainius explains. “Our specialists

helps the development of the ITS

2007

This is an impressive list for a small

planning.”

over 3 million people, so I ask if this

Since

with the transport infrastructure.

challenging,” “Continuous

innovation

plays

a

central role in the future role of Lithuania’s economy and the country aspires to be the innovation center of the North Baltic region.”

The country has prioritised road optimisation and the provision of traffic and travel data.

research projects due to either insufficient experience, or too little information about upcoming events.

So, my direction to spend money would be the creation of a technical base for some University, like an ITS solution technical base center for students, for testing relevant ITS solutions and creating new ITS technologies.”

Finally, I asked Dainius what his favourite ITS system is.

“Personally, important

for

me,

issue

is

the

most

safety

transport infrastructure,”

in

he says.

“Pedestrians, drivers, cyclists and passengers – all of them are important participants

in

our

transport

community. Programs like the EU’s ‘Zero Vision’ initiative, is the right

as parking payments and bike sharing

To achieve these goals, Lithuania is

way to improve things, where we can

etc.

contributing to EU-wide multimodal

focus on creation new technologies

travel

and programs to save more lives.”

“Who

is

implementing

these

systems?” I ask, curious to know if there are many local ITS companies or manufacturers.

“We use products from all the wellknown producers in Europe and other regions”,

Dainius

explains

“and

they cooperate closely with local Lithuanian

companies.

Certainly

there are local ITS companies as well”.

and

real-time

traffic

information services and minimum universal traffic information services.

The country provides information on the tracking and tracing of freight and is currently developing priority actions

such

as

EU-wide

eCall

services.

Lithuania

If Lithuania is able to contribute to broader

European

initiatives

and

have an impact in this area, then regardless of its size – I am sure it will have a big impact on all of us, and maybe one day it really will be safe to cycle from Palanga to Vilnius in a

is

also

developing

reservation and information systems for safe and secure parking places for

small, plastic pedal-powered car.

Read the full interview online at www.erticionetwork.com

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IT(‘)S Helsinki, IT(‘)S Tokyo

by Carla Coppola

It’s October, time for the congress again, time for Tokyo to join the prestigious list of host cities for these large events. The 8,000 expected participants in the 20th ITS World Congress will have the opportunity to take part in 250 sessions, visit 700 booths in the exhibition area and register for the 20 different showcase demonstrations.

But ITS Tokyo will also be the occasion

essay. Papers submitted to this brand

to go into more detail regarding their

to think ahead about the upcoming

new Commercial Papers category

research and theories. Those papers

European congress next June in the

should analyse and describe activities

will go through a peer-review process

superb city of Helsinki. To start with,

related to the business aspect such

according to IET ITS standards and, if

the Call for Papers will be officially

as how to improve existing products

accepted, they will be indexed in the

opened on the first day of the Tokyo

or to present a new product or idea

citations database.

Congress on 14 October. Attendees

for commercial use. The commercial

will

sessions will be presented in a

receive

all

the

information

needed in the delegate bag, so be

“commercial

sure to look for the striking “ITS in

exhibition area and will be open to

your pocket” leaflet when scanning

all participants.

the useful material provided in the bag.

theatre”

in

the

Writing a paper is a full-time job; the congress organising committee is well

Next year for the first time, in addition

aware of the efforts that each writer

to the technical and scientific papers,

puts into the paper and appreciates

a new one for commercial papers

the time spent. In order to make the

dedicated to near-market research

best papers even more visible, the

work has been included in the Call.

committee signed an agreement with

The Technical Papers category should

the IET Intelligent Transport Systems

address

business,

journal to publish some of the finest

economical and technical aspects of

papers from the 2014 congress. After

ITS; while professionals submitting

the event, authors of scientific papers

Scientific Papers should focus on

considered suitable for publication,

research in the style of an academic

will be invited to expand their work

institutional,

For more information (or clarification) about the Call and enquiries, contact Pamela Valente, ERTICO Congress Officer at p.valente@mail.ertico.com or download the Call for Papers here.

Tokyo will also be the place where the “ITS in your pocket” App Contest 2014 will be officially opened. On Tuesday 15 October, Minna Kivimäki, Director General of the Transport Ministry of Finland, will launch the contest which will award the best developers and the best traffic applications for smartphones. Don’t miss the opportunity to try Finnish cheese and cheer the future congresses (Helsinki in 2014 and Bordeaux in 2015) with a glass of Bordeaux wine at the

reception hosted at the European

A special prize awarded by Nokia and

Pavilion from 17:00 while learning

AppCampus will be given to the best

more about the contest.

ITS enabled application on Lumia

What is the contest about?

Smartphone; while another prize will

The App contest is directed at new

help mobility in the city of Helsinki.

applications that can ease mobility in cities as well as in rural areas. The competition will select the best apps in three different categories:

be granted to the best application to

9

European cities.

Applicants will have time until April 2014 to submit their proposals and a shortlist of selected applicants will be published in May. Winners of the three categories (multimodality,

The contest will be coordinated in

sustainability, and innovation) will

Finland by the app contest team

be notified early June and invited

composed of Ville Kairamo, Tero

to attend the Opening Ceremony on

Piirainen and Jukka Lintusaari and

14 June in Helsinki. Attendees to

• applications to boost the use of

is open to companies, teams, and

the European Congress will have the

individual developers from across

chance to meet the developers and

• applications for sustainable

Europe. Developers will have the

their App in the Start up Village in the

opportunity to learn from the best

Exhibition next June.

multimodal transport;

urban mobility;

• “out of the box” innovations for

better mobility.

Submitted apps should focus on consumers (in line with the Congress theme “ITS in your pocket”); be original and work on a wide range of nomadic devices.

experts

about

intelligent

traffic

systems and will get to develop their ideas and proposals with the guidance of experts.

All questions about the app (including the selected jury and prizes) will be answered next week at the ITS World Congress, where the 7.815,26

Companies taking part in the contest

kilometres

will benefit from extensive publicity

Helsinki (and the 6 hours jet-lag) will

across Europe as well as funding for

be taken away by a cheerful reception

further development of their work.

at the European Pavilion booth (122)

Interaction and community

on 15 October.

support

will be ensured to local

developers with a series

of webinars and

facilitated workshops

available locally in several

between

Tokyo

and

For more information or enquiries on this article, contact Carla Coppola, Communications Officer c.coppola@mail.ertico.com

Commercial’ Congress Papers – A New Helsinki Opportunity Eric Sampson, Congress Senior Programme Adviser talks about the Commercial’ Congress Papers It will be obvious to readers that ITS has moved a long way since the first World Congress in 1994.

The emphasis then was on assessing emerging technologies and the outputs from research projects against cost, reliability, performance, etc. We operated a policy of not accepting overly commercial papers without defining exactly the line between acceptable and not acceptable. Today we have much more emphasis on deployment and practical solutions for users and we realised that our policy was not working for papers that deal with very applied subjects or discuss commercial products and processes. We even had cases where essentially the same material was recommended for acceptance if submitted by an academic organisation author but rejected if from a commercial organisation. This is clearly unfair and unhelpful and had to be addressed as papers from authors working for commercial companies are in principle welcome.

Our solution to the problem is based on considering the extent to which the possible practical application of the new knowledge described in the paper has been specified and we recognise two cases. First, pre-market activity in which work is aimed at generating new knowledge which, while not at present linked to the development of a specific product, is likely to be commercially exploitable in due course. The other case is near-market work where the activity has been aimed at generating or improving a specific product, device or idea for the commercial market. A paper that describes pre-market work will be treated in the usual way and will be presented in one of the mainstream Congress sessions. For papers that are near-market we are experimenting with a new Congress format for Helsinki – presentation in sessions held in a “Commercial Theatre” within the exhibition area to emphasise the link to commercial sales and deployment.

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