State of the art of connectivity and ADAS systems, preliminary specifications for connectivity and ADAS platform and preliminary definition of test bed requirements

This report aims at investigating the state of the art on devices and validation platforms for vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communications, having in mind to evaluate the most suitable solution/s to be integrated in the final validation platform (for on board connectivity). Hence, we here report the available solutions for the main wireless access technologies, specifically IEEE 802.11p (or its European version ITS-G5) and Cellular-V2X (C-V2X) which are the two main candidates for vehicular communications, also adding some hints and inside on other wireless access technologies for low data rate in case of mobile Internet of things (IoT) scenarios for smart cities. Then, a research on validation platform for both connectivity and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is reported, with a final critical analysis helpful to suggest potential solutions to be integrated in the overall project. It is worth noting that, in spite the huge movement all around the world on this topic, today, if commercial vehicles are connected, they use classical (legacy) cellular communications, but they are not equipped with dedicated short-range communication capabilities to exchange data with other vehicles or with the environment. Hence, the validation platform proposed in this project to enable the evaluation of the performance and behaviour of a whatever assisted and connected vehicle represents an important step forward in the automotive field.