Cooperative communication system to realise enhanced safety and efficiency in European road transport

Objective

Effective large-scale control of traffic, geared to address both efficiency and safety, requires a system incorporating a hierarchy of control levels:
- High control level over an urban, metropolitan or regional area provided by a Regional Control Centre (RCC) that acts as a strategic controller
- Middle control level provided by local sub-centres, each operating over a limited number of nodes and links in the road network
- Low control level implemented within an individual vehicle

COM2REACT's overall objective is to establish the feasibility of such a three-layer, scalable, cooperative system. Its implementation will involve the deployment of two two-way communication systems: vehicle to vehicle (V2V), and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I). This structure will facilitate significant improvement in the flow of information acquired by moving vehicles and in its quality and reliability, thereby enhancing road efficiency and traffic safety on urban, intercity arterials and rural roads.

A key objective of COM2REACT is the implementation of the middle control level by means of a virtual traffic control sub-centre, which manages a moving group of vehicles in close proximity. The virtual sub-centre (VSC) functions locally via the V2V communication system. It obtains and processes data acquired by the vehicles and rapidly provides instructions related to local traffic and safety situations. It also transmits, by means of the V2I communication, selective data to an RCC and receives, in return, instructions to distribute to the vehicles. The role of VSC is set, unnoticeable by the driver, to one of the vehicles in the group according to rules imbedded in all COM2REACT vehicles.

The COM2REACT system will build upon the DG Research REACT project to create the high level and the low level layers of the system.

Fields of science

• social sciences › social and economic geography › transport › sustainable transport › intelligent transport system
• social sciences › social and economic geography › transport › transport planning

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2004-2.4.12 - eSafety Co-operative Systems for Road Transport

Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

MOTOROLA ISRAEL LTD.

Address

Kremenetski Street 3
Tel Aviv
Israel

Participants (13)

ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS

France

Address

Boulevard Saint-michel 60
75272 Paris 6

ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS

France

Address

Boulevard Saint Michel 60
75272 Paris

EVERIS SPAIN, S.L.

Spain

Address

Paseo De La Castellana 141, Edificio Cuzco Iv, Planta 9
28046 Madrid

HALEVI DWECK & CO. ARTTIC ISRAEL COMPANY LTD

Israel

Address

54 Haneviim St.
95141 Jerusalem

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE

France

Address

Domaine De Voluceau
78153 Le Chesnay

INTEMPORA SA

France

Address

Place Jules Gevelot 2
92130 Issy Les Moulineaux

NAVTEQ B.V.

Netherlands

Address

De Run 1115
5503LB Veldhoven

PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA

France

Address

Route De Gizy
78140 Velizy Villacoublay

SPHERICON LIMITED

Israel

Address

Hamanim Street 33
60910 Bnai Zion

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

Address

Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Muenchen

TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA UNIPERSONAL

Spain

Address

Calle Emilio Vargas 6
28043 Madrid

THE ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION - JERUSALEM

Israel

Address

Clal Building, 97 Jaffa Street
91280 Jerusalem

TRANSVER GMBH

Germany

Address

Maximilianstrasse 45
80538 Muenchen