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European Field Operational Test on Safe,

Intelligent and Sustainable Highway Operation

ICT-2009.6.2: ICT for Mobility of the future(→ 13/04/2010)

Federico García-Linares FOTsis Techical Coordinator

An overview

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BACKGROUND

• Many EC-funded research efforts (i.e. AIDE, PROSPER, PREVENT,

ISiPADAS…) have approached cooperative systems from a vehicle

perspective

• On-going initiatives like EUROFOT (FOT on Vehicle Active Safety

Systems) and TELEFOT (FOT on Vehicle Aftermarket & Nomadic

Devices) are studying in detail the long-term impact of using ADAS &

IVIS and nomadic devices

However little EC-supported research has been conducted in

regards to the road infrastructure needed for an adequate

operation of I2V & V2I cooperative systems, as only limited

efforts like TRACKSS, SAFESPOT, COOPERS, CVIS… have

attempted to connect vehicles, infrastructures and traffic

management centres

IN A NUTSHELL (1/3)

FOTsis is a large-scale field testing of the road infrastructure

management systems needed for the operation of close-to-

market cooperative I2V & V2I technologies, in order to

assess in detail both 1) their effectiveness and 2) their

potential for a full-scale deployment in European roads

FOTsis represents a step forward to better connect vehicles, infrastructures and traffic management centres

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IN A NUTSHELL (2/3)

FOTsis will test 7 services in several experimental environments

throughout Europe:

o Emergency Management

o Safety Incident Management

o Intelligent Congestion Control

o Dynamic Route Planning

o Special Vehicle Tracking

o Advanced Enforcement

o Infrastructure Safety Assessment

FOTsis can contribute to a safer, more intelligent and more

sustainable road transport system

IN A NUTSHELL (3/3)

FOTsismain objective is to test the infrastructure’s capability to

provide the aforementioned 7 services.

FOTsiswill review the following elements in connection to the

infrastructure:

o Communication networks

o Integrated ITS Systems

o Interaction between Infrastructure and Users

o Infrastructure Management Tools for Safety and Mobility

o Regulatory Framework

o Stakeholders’ Relations

o Impact on Safety, Mobility and Sustainability

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STRUCTURE

END USERS (Vehicles)

GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES

ROAD OPERATORS AND

SERVICE PROVIDERS

INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOP I2V AND V2I COMMUNICATIONS

INTEGRATE EXISTING IN-VEHICLE SERVICES

TEST CLOSE-TO-MARKET ITS SERVICES

SERVICES-OBJECTIVES-TECHNOLOGIES

1. EMERGENCY MGT

3. INTELLIGENT CONGESTION CONTROL

6. ADVANCED ENFORCEMENT

7. INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY ASSESSMENT

SAFETY

MOBILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

ROAD INFRASTRUCTUREIN-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

I2V & V2I COMMUNICATIONS

2. SAFETY INCIDENT MGT

4. DYNAMIC ROUTE PLANNING

5. SPECIAL VEHICLE TRACKING

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METHODOLOGY

FIELD TEST

VALIDATION &

IMPACT

INTEGRATION

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

TEST DESIGN

LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Services

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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

ITS Data Acquisition

Traffic ManagementModule

Alert/Incident ManagementModule/Procedures

Emergency ManagementModule/Procedures

ITS HIGHWAY CONTROL CENTRE

ITS Equipment /Data Control

ROAD SIDE

VEHICLE

EXTERNAL ACTORS

1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

• Incident/Accident detection.

• Fusion of in-vehicle emergency call (eCall) and infrastructure data.

• Emergency management protocol activation

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2. SAFETY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

• Incident detection by roadside equipment. Starting automatic

action management protocols should an incident occurs.

• Processing and analysis of data in control centre, taking into

account the implications to existing traffic.

• Information disseminated to drivers/users of the infrastructure by

means of different media formats (I2I & I2V communications).

3. INTELLIGENT CONGESTION CONTROL

• Traffic diagnosis at intersections: estimation of the level of service on

each segment of the highway and on its access using different

technologies

• Monitoring and prediction of traffic conditions.

• Estimation of optimal speed limit to guarantee the most efficient

mobility.

• Information disseminated to drivers/users using I2I & I2V

communications.

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4. DYNAMIC ROUTE PLANNING

• Vehicles send target destination and positioning data to the

infrastructure.

• The control centre calculate the optimal route to get the desired

destination based on privileged traffic data.

• Information disseminated to the users/drivers by a nomadic device

located in the vehicle through I2V communications.

• Special vehicles communicate critical in-vehicle information to the

infrastructure.

• The infrastructure monitors the special vehicle conditions, and

deploys intervention protocols should an emergency occurs.

5. SPECIAL VEHICLE TRACKING

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• Integration of infrastructure data with vehicle data to

control traffic offenses (speed, toll, kamikaze…)

• Notification of rules and infractions to the drivers by I2V

communications

• Enforcement action if necessary

6. ADVANCED ENFORCEMENT

• Infrastructure safety assessment analysing information

provided by the infrastructure and in-vehicle information

(concept of OBU as a black box)

• Reconstruction of specific safety-related situations and

driving behaviour (post-processing)

• Evaluation of safety in specific stretches of a highway

7. INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY ASSESSMENT

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Test Sites

TEST SITES vs. SERVICES

Emergency

Management

Safety

Incident

Management

Intelligent

Congestion

Control

Dynamic

Route

Planning

Special

Vehicle

Tracking

Advanced

Enforcement

Infrastructure

Safety

Assessment

SPAIN

M12

A2 (Section 1)

A2 (Section 3)

GERMANY

A99

A9

A92

PORTUGAL

Baixo

Alentejo

Algarve

Litoral

GREECEPathe

Motorway

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Work plan

WORK PACKAGE STRUCTURE

WP1000 Coordination

WP1100 ManagementWP1200 Internal administration

WP1300 Quality & risk management

WP2000 FOT Design WP3000 FOT Execution WP4000 Evaluation & assessment

WP2100 CoordinationWP2200 Methods & tools

WP2300 Data specificationWP2400 Technology

monitoring

WP3100 CoordinationWP3200 Tools developmentWP3300 Test communities

set-upWP3400 FOT plan

WP3500 Large-Scale FOT execution

WP3600 Detailed FOT executionWP3700 Data & vehicle handling

WP4100 CoordinationWP4200 Database usability &

accessibilityWP4300 Safety impact

assessmentWP4400 Mobility impact

assessmentWP4500 Sustainability impact

assessmentWP4600 Business modelsWP4700 Implications for

transport systemWP4800 Trials' assessment

WP5000 Dissemination & exploitation

WP5100 CoordinationWP5200 Dissemination

WP5300 Industry exploitationWP5400 Stakeholder Club

WP5500 Liaison with ongoing projects

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TIMING OF WORK PACKAGES

� Project begin date: January 1st 2011

� Project end date: June 30th 2014

� Project duration: 42 months

Consortium

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CONSORTIUM: Countries & Partner Categories

Highway Operators (Coordination)

Road Authorities

On-Board Equipment Manufacturers

Telecommunications Operators

Logistic Operators

Map & Content Providers

Users

Technology Integrators

Road Safety & Automotive Research Centres

CONSORTIUM: List of beneficiaries

Nº Participant organisation name Category Country

1 IRIDIUM Highway operator Spain

2 OHL CONCESIONES Highway operator Spain

3 PLANESTRADA Highway operator Portugal

4 MARESTRADA Highway operator Portugal

5 NEA ODOS Highway operator Greece

6 SICE Technology integrator Spain

7 INDRA Technology integrator Spain

8 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL & BUSINESS SYSTEMS Technology integrator Germany

9 GMV SKYSOFT Technology integrator Portugal

10 TRANSVER Technology integrator Germany

11 TERNA ENERGY Technology integrator Greece

12 FRANCE TELECOMM Telecomm operator France

13 UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID University Spain

14 ILMATIETEEN LAITOS Research Center Finland

15 AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION University Finland

16 CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS Research Center Greece

17 GEOVILLE Map & Content provider Austria

18 CENTRO DE INNOVACIÓN DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS INTELIGENTES Research Center Spain

19 EUROPEAN UNION ROAD FEDERATION Industry Association Belgium

20 GMV SISTEMAS Technology integrator Spain

21 FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE Users’ Association France

22 OPTIMUS Telecomm operator Portugal

23ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES CONCESSIONNAIRES D’AUTOROUTES ET

D’OUVRAGES A PEAGE Industry Association France

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PROJECT MAIN FIGURES

� Proposal Submission: April 13th 2010

� Project time frame: 2011 – 2014 (42 months)

� Budget: EUR 13,8 million

� Funding (EC): EUR 7.850.000

� Number of partners: 23

� Number of countries: 8

European Field Operational Test on Safe, Intelligent

and Sustainable Highway Operation

Thank you for your attention!

Fore more info please contact: jlperezi@iridium-acs.com

federico@ohlconcesiones.com