Coopers – Co-operative Systems for Intelligent Road Safety
COOPERS Providing in-vehicle
traffic management
information
Dr. Hannes Stratil
Efkon AG
Co-funded by the EC, FP6 IST-Programme
Project facts
COOPERS – Co-operative Systems for Intelligent
Road Safety
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Integrated Project of 6. Framework Program
Coordinator: Austria Tech
Total budget: € 16.8 Million
EC contribution: € 9.6 Million
Consortium: 37 partners - 14 countries
Start on 1. February 2006
Duration of 4 years
Areas of work in COOPERS
• Development of safety related services using V2I
communication from a traffic management (road
operator) perspective
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Roadside data acquisition
Traffic control centre applications
Infrastructure to vehicle communication
On-board Unit / HMI
• Investigation of driver behaviour due to additional
traffic information
– Identification of test methodology
– Test drives (also driving simulator)
– Analysis
Communication Flow
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DSS
Decision Support
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Communication Flow
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COOPERS Communication Media
Broadcast Media
DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast)
DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast Handheld)
Cellular Communication Media
GPRS (2.5G Cellular Networks)
WiMAX (Metropolitan Area Networks)
Short-range Communication media
Infrared (CALM IR)
Microwave (5.9GHz)
COOPERS System Platform
IR/M5
RSU
TCC COOPERS Server
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06.02.2009
COOPERS Message Encoding
• Message encoding
according to TPEG
specification
• TPEG-RTM standard,
slightly enhanced for
COOPERS
(“coopers_tsML.xsd”)
<road_traffic_message message_id="2049334"
start_time="2007-11-23T13:01:13+0"
<accidents number_of="1" />
CONTENT <position position="driving lane 1" />
<restriction restriction="blocked" />
<WGS84 latitude="51.613156" longitude="-3.757987" />
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<direction direction_type="eastbound" />
MGMT
COOPERS Application
Communication Components
IR Roadside Transmitter
IR/GPRS/GPS - GW
DAB - Receiver
Motorway Controller
COOPERS - APC
COOPERS - Test sites
Conclusions:
Conclusions for standardisation:
• No single transmission technology can cover all the
requirements of traffic management
• Standardisation of core elements is necessary for cooperative systems deployment
– For I2V communication media and messages (air interface)
– Messages from vehicle to infrastructure (xFCD)
• COOPERS partners support and contribute to this work
Cooperative systems will improve road safety !
Further Information:
Dr. Hannes Stratil
EFKON AG
+43 316 69 56 75 - 303
h.stratil@efkon.com
Alexander Frötscher
Austria Tech
+43 1 26 33 444 - 64
alexander.froetscher@austriatech.org
www.coopers-ip.eu