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ERTICO eMagazine- October 2013
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October 2013
In this Issue:
79 GHz : towards Vehicle and Road Automation development
ERTICO eMagazineWelcome to the
IT(‘)S Helsinki, IT(‘)S Tokyo20th ITS World Congress & First ITS APP contest for the ‘Best trafficApplications for mobiles’ opens
Driving ITS in LithuaniaIan Bearder speaks to Dainius Diska - CEO of ITS Lithuania
Editorial
Dear Readers,
In this edition we take a closer look
at the 79 GHz frequency allocation,
ITS development and priorities in
Lithuania under the President of the
Council of the European Union and
the 2013 ITS World Congress in Tokyo.
New and complex automotive radar
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
in world markets, the 79 GHz must
be regulated on a global scale. In the
first article, ERTICO’s Maria De Rycke
explains how the 79 GHz project is
effectively speeding up the global
adoption of the 79 GHz frequency
range.
In a second article, ERTICO’s Ian
Bearder zooms in on ITS development
in and the ITS vision of Lithuania under
the Presidency of the Council of the
European Union. ITS Lithuania was
the first ITS organization in the Baltic
States. Executive Director of ITS
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.
ERTICO’s Carla Coppola gives you the
latest news from the 20th ITS World
Congress in Tokyo taking place this
week. The Call for Papers for the
European ITS Congress in 2014 was
officially opened yesterday with a
new category of commercial papers
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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The views and opinions expressed
in this magazine are solely those of
the authors and other contributors.
These views and opinions do not
necessarily represent those of
ERTICO or its Partners.
contents
Editorial
79GHz : towards Vehicle and Road Automation development
Driving ITS in LithuaniaIan Bearder speaks to Dainius Diska - CEO of ITS Lithuania
IT(‘)S Helsinki, IT(‘)S Tokyo20th ITS World Congress & First ITS App contest for the ‘Best traffic Applications for mobiles’ opens
ERTICO Partnership events
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Speaking at the 79 GHz workshop held at ITU on 7 November 2012, Project Coordinator Jürgen 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 reduced
mutual interference. SSR in the
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.
77 GHz to 81 GHz frequency range
are ideal for the next generation
of sensors supporting the new
requirements. Therefore in 2004 the
European Commission defined the 79
GHz band as the frequency allocation
for automotive SSR.
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.
The 79 GHz band and a higher
power limitation are essential for
a wide range of safety functions :
for instance the Collision Warning
System (CWS) and Collision Mitigation
System (CMS) provide an acoustic
and/or optical warning to the driver
and may prepare the braking system
if the driver does not generate the
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
to enable warning or assist brake
functions.
Status worldwide implementation
A key goal of the 79 GHz project is
to speed up the 79 GHz frequency
adoption worldwide. The current
status of the allocation is illustrated
in figure 2. At the start of the project
in 2011, the 79 GHz radar equipment
was authorized in the 27 EU member
states and in most of other 21 CEPT
(European Conference of Postal and
Telecommunications Administrations)
countries. In all other countries, a
lack of any regulatory framework
for this frequency band made the
operation of 79 GHz radar devices
impossible. However various actions
taken by the 79 GHz project partners
resulted in an increased adoption
rate.
In the USA a petition to adopt and
release the 77 to 81 GHz band
is expected by the end of 2013.
Canada’s decision regarding 79 GHz
partially follows the USA due to the
cross border situation and direct
neighbourhood to the USA.
Several Gulf States are preparing
for the introduction and in Brazil
activities are ongoing. In Argentina,
the CSA 79GHz project is in contact
with relevant regulatory bodies. In
Chile, the 79 GHz band has been
regulated. China and India have no
regulation for 79 GHz but currently
discussions and initiatives are being
promoted by the CSA 79 GHz project.
In Japan, the 79 GHz band is now
regulated. A positive outcome is
expected from countries like Korea
where the legislation procedure is
amended to accept 79 GHz. The 79
GHz project had a successful meeting
with Thailand’s authorities and a
petition will be submitted to request
for the regulation of 79 GHz.
Next steps : 2013 Tokyo World
Congress
A 79 GHz project workshop will be
held at the ITS World Congress in Tokyo
on 17 October 2013. This workshop
will provide a status overview of the
project achievements globally. The
workshop will also zoom in on the
activities of the GARREG, the Global
Automotive Radio Regulations Expert
Group, to establish a worldwide
acting technical committee and
interest group for automotive
frequency allocation issues.
The Special Interest Session (SIS16)
“Automotive Radar on the Move
– Toward International Frequency
Harmonisation”, hosted on 16
October, will inform the ITS experts
on the current status of the activities
in the field of automotive radar
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. ERTICO is currently
the Project Coordinator of the
Coordination and Support Action
“Vehicle and 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
improvement of sensors, power train
control as well as communication.
Vehicle and Road Automation will
improve traffic safety by reducing
the number of incidents due to
human errors, driver’s distraction or
reduced vigilance.
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
Decade of Action for Road Safety”.
The rollout of EuroNCAP (European
New Car Assessment Program is
Figure 2 : Overview of 79 GHz allocation status
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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).
Expected results
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.
More info on www.79ghz.eu
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 take-
up 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
Matters (edition 13 September 2013),
“it has to be assumed that the already
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
over parts of this huge market, which
amounts to about 1 million sensors
per annum for trucks in Europe
alone.”
China and Japan have also taken the
autonomous driving route. China
carried out a test with a driverless
car that drove over a distance of
286 km from Changsha to Wuhan.
Unlike foreign unmanned vehicles
relying on GPS information and
digital information, this car used
surround sensing systems and
intelligent decision making to control
the vehicle. This test was made
within the context of the China
Intelligent Vehicle Challenge that
wants China to have the technologies
for completed unmanned vehicles by
2015. In Japan, the Tokyo Institute
of Technology chairs the autonomous
driving initiatives with the input of
various equipment manufacturers.
The vehicle used utilizes a variety
of technologies, including GPS, mm-
wave radar, laser tracking and stereo
cameras, to achieve autonomy. Also
the European Commission is looking
into new solutions. The 76 to 81
GHz radar bands could be used on a
timeshared basis for identification
and information exchange between
closely operating cars. The use of
even higher frequency bands than
the 79 GHz range for automotive
use (i.e. 122 GHz) is currently
being investigated by the European
Commission. It seems that automotive
radars frequencies will remain on the
agenda for a considerable time to
come.
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Driving ITS in Lithuaniaon 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.
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.
by Ian Bearder
“Good Luck” they shouted as we
cycled off again, back to the town to
collect our real car.
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.
However, on 1st July 2013, Lithuania
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
the ground in Lithuania, what systems
have they implemented and what
priorities are they currently working
on.
I contacted Dainius
Diska, CEO of ITS
Lithuania to find out.
ITS Lithuania, he tells me, was
established in September 2011 as the
first such organisation in the Baltic
States and represents a wide range
of sectors within the ITS community,
including the central government,
local authorities, automotive industry,
transport operators, manufacturers
and academic/research institutions.
Together they contribute to the
development and implementation of
ITS projects in Lithuania with the aim
of delivering real economic efficiency,
transport safety, and environmental
and human well-being.
“What is the current status of ITS in
Lithuania?” I asked. “Are there any
key projects taking place?”
Dainius tells me that, in the past
20 years, 35 ITS projects have been
carried out in Lithuania with a total
value of 140,5 million EUR. The
majority of the projects (82%) have
been oriented to traffic control.
These include:
The Vilnius traffic management system
In June 2007 the city of Vilnius was
the first city in the Baltic States to
introduce a city-wide intelligent
traffic management system
(TMS). The system includes many
components, such as a dedicated
Traffic Management Centre, traffic
sensors and traffic light controllers,
and a driver information and traffic
monitoring system (www.sviesoforai.
lt).
A National Traffic and Road
Information System
Forty three automated road weather
stations, with facilities to watch
weather conditions and video
cameras, as well as traffic counters
have been deployed on every road of
national importance across Lithuania.
To control the system, a Traffic
Information Centre at the premises
of Lithuanian Road Administration has
been equipped with a state-of-the-art
video (monitored around the clock)
and when the system is complete
- traffic information will be made
available both to special services and
to travellers.
E – Ticketing
Since 2007 electronic ticketing
(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
as parking payments and bike sharing
etc.
“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 well-
known producers in Europe and other
regions”, Dainius explains “and
they cooperate closely with local
Lithuanian companies. Certainly
there are local ITS companies as
well”.
“Hnit Baltic, for example, is the
largest and most experienced
geographic information systems (GIS)
software and solutions based on the
generating companies in Eastern and
Central Europe started its activities
in Lithuania in 1993. Affecto Lietuva
is one of the leading IT services
and solution providers in Lithuania
and the Baltic states, and Merakas
(a Lithuanian company) develops
software tools for timetable
planning.”
Lithuania is a small state with just
over 3 million people, so I ask if this
helps the development of the ITS
industry or if it make things more
challenging.
“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
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.
To achieve these goals, Lithuania is
contributing to EU-wide multimodal
travel 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 is also developing
reservation and information systems
for safe and secure parking places for
trucks and commercial vehicles and
working on projects to link vehicles
with the transport infrastructure.
This is an impressive list for a small
country, but I want to know how
Dainius would make things even
better. I ask him how he would spend
10 million Euros on ITS in Lithuania?
The answer is straightforward:
education.
“ITS is quite a new area of study”
says Dainius explains. “Our specialists
rarely participate in international
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, for me, the most
important issue is safety in
transport infrastructure,” 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
way to improve things, where we can
focus on creation new technologies
and programs to save more lives.”
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
small, plastic pedal-powered car.
Read the full interview online at
www.erticionetwork.com
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IT(‘)S Helsinki, IT(‘)S Tokyo
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.
by Carla Coppola
But ITS Tokyo will also be the occasion
to think ahead about the upcoming
European congress next June in the
superb city of Helsinki. To start with,
the Call for Papers will be officially
opened on the first day of the Tokyo
Congress on 14 October. Attendees
will receive all the information
needed in the delegate bag, so be
sure to look for the striking “ITS in
your pocket” leaflet when scanning
the useful material provided in the
bag.
Next year for the first time, in addition
to the technical and scientific papers,
a new one for commercial papers
dedicated to near-market research
work has been included in the Call.
The Technical Papers category should
address institutional, business,
economical and technical aspects of
ITS; while professionals submitting
Scientific Papers should focus on
research in the style of an academic
essay. Papers submitted to this brand
new Commercial Papers category
should analyse and describe activities
related to the business aspect such
as how to improve existing products
or to present a new product or idea
for commercial use. The commercial
sessions will be presented in a
“commercial theatre” in the
exhibition area and will be open to
all participants.
Writing a paper is a full-time job; the
congress organising committee is well
aware of the efforts that each writer
puts into the paper and appreciates
the time spent. In order to make the
best papers even more visible, the
committee signed an agreement with
the IET Intelligent Transport Systems
journal to publish some of the finest
papers from the 2014 congress. After
the event, authors of scientific papers
considered suitable for publication,
will be invited to expand their work
to go into more detail regarding their
research and theories. Those papers
will go through a peer-review process
according to IET ITS standards and, if
accepted, they will be indexed in the
citations database.
For more information (or clarification)
about the Call and enquiries, contact
Pamela Valente, ERTICO Congress
Officer at [email protected]
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
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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.
reception hosted at the European
Pavilion from 17:00 while learning
more about the contest.
What is the contest about?
The App contest is directed at new
applications that can ease mobility in
cities as well as in rural areas. The
competition will select the best apps
in three different categories:
• applications to boost the use of
multimodal transport;
• applications for sustainable
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.
A special prize awarded by Nokia and
AppCampus will be given to the best
ITS enabled application on Lumia
Smartphone; while another prize will
be granted to the best application to
help mobility in the city of Helsinki.
The contest will be coordinated in
Finland by the app contest team
composed of Ville Kairamo, Tero
Piirainen and Jukka Lintusaari and
is open to companies, teams, and
individual developers from across
Europe. Developers will have the
opportunity to learn from the best
experts about intelligent traffic
systems and will get to develop their
ideas and proposals with the guidance
of experts.
Companies taking part in the contest
will benefit from extensive publicity
across Europe as well as funding for
further development of their work.
Interaction and community support
will be ensured to local
developers with a series
of webinars and
facilitated workshops
available locally in several
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,
sustainability, and innovation) will
be notified early June and invited
to attend the Opening Ceremony on
14 June in Helsinki. Attendees to
the European Congress will have the
chance to meet the developers and
their App in the Start up Village in the
Exhibition next June.
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
kilometres between Tokyo and
Helsinki (and the 6 hours jet-lag) will
be taken away by a cheerful reception
at the European Pavilion booth (122)
on 15 October.
For more information or enquiries on
this article, contact Carla Coppola,
Communications Officer
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