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Susana Sargento, susana@ua.pt

University of Aveiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações – Aveiro

Veniam co-Founder

Vehicular Network and Sustainable

Mobility

Workshop on Vehicular Networks and Sustainable

Mobility Testbed, Future Cities

Porto, 24 April 2015

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Connecting Vehicles

1 Billion Vehicles connected

to the Intermet and to each other!

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Applications

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A global network of connected vehicles that offers a secure, reliable

and low-cost way to expand wireless coverage for everyone,

enable the Internet of Things and improve urban life

Vision

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How?

Turn cars, buses and trucks into WiFi hotspots.

Use existing WiFi infrastructure and IEEE 802.11p to mesh vehicles

(cellular only when necessary).

Manage real-time and delay-tolerant data in a smart way

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Vehicular Networks for

Smart Cities

The most cost-effective way to:

• offer free WiFi in urban transport,

increasing number of passengers,

reducing emissions and generating

additional revenue

• acquire real-time city-scale data

from cheap WiFi sensors to increase

safety and efficiency of municipal

operations (e.g. traffic, waste

collection, etc.)

Largest Vehicular

Network Worldwide!

600

+ vehicles

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How do Vehicular Networks Work?

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Sensors Meteorological

. Temperature

. Humidity

. Rain

. Wind

. Solar radiation

. Luminosity

Air Pollution . Ozone

. NO2

. CO

. Particles

Noise

WiFi connectivity Fixed hotspots

. Porto Digital

Mobile hotspots . Vehicular Network

UrbanSense

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City Pilot: vehicles to transmit sensor information

Most information is sent through the vehicular network

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Smart Mobility and Applications

Mobile applications for visualization, online event monitoring;

Mobile applications for city participation, including 3rd party

companies and users;

Mobile applications for transportation;

Decision dashboards for city planning

Decision to act upon the city (roads, lanes)

Decision to act upon the transportation: real-time decision of

transportation to events

Urban planning

Any information to be used by the users, the municipality, the

fleets and the service providers

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