Internet Of Things for the Automated Driving Dr. M. Djurica, TNO

IoT – what it is and what is it not

• The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects — devices, vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data.

• IoT enables integration of the physical world into computer-based systems;

• when IoT is augmented with sensors and actuators, the technology becomes an instance of the more general class of cyber-physical systems, which also encompasses technologies such as smart grids, smart homes, intelligent transportation and smart cities.

• IoT with sensors and actuators enables improved control of processes and thus efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit.

• Note that IoT and M2M (Machine-to-Machine) are frequently used as synonyms

• IoT is about connected objects and their digital representations

• M2M is about communication between machines, with no (or little) human intervention

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Domain specific services

• Typically IoT/M2M have been vertically integrated per domain or vendor – “my data/my service”

• Leading to vendor lock-in, proprietary solutions, tailor-made for given environment / problem

• Migrating solutions to other environment requires adjustments/time/money

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Automotive Application

Health Application

Energy Application

Home Application

sensors

Communication networks

Service platform

sensors

Communication networks

Service platform

sensors

Communication networks

Service platform

sensors

Communication networks

Service platform

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IoT enabling platform

• IoT provides platform where all data is collected, and adding value to information which is based on cross-domain data.

• Heterogeneous communication makes it less important how are devices connected.

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Automotive Application

Health Application

Energy Application

Home Application

sensors sensors sensors sensors

Communication networks

IoT platform

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AIoTI High Level Architecture

The Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) was initiated by the European Commission in order to develop and support the dialogue and interaction among the Internet of Things (IoT) various players in Europe. WG9: Smart Mobility The topic for this Working Group refers to IoT solutions that allow for increased multi-modal mobility, more efficient traffic management, a dynamic road infrastructure, automated road tolling, usage based insurance and improved policy making through the analysis of road usage data smart vehicles including autonomous and connected cars.

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Autonomous driving and IoT

Communication (3G/4G, WiFi, ZigBee, BT, … )

IoT Platform

CVE for street ‘ state ’

Parking app

Car sharing app

‘ state ’

and

Communication (ITS - G5, 4G, CAN/VAN )

Autonomous Driving Platform

Local dynamic map

Autonomous driving

Platooning

Devices Sources

Vehicle

state

Vehicle sensors and actuators

Safety critical control

…

IoT ‘stack’ Autonomous driving ‘stack’

• Two separate stovepipes • Vehicle using data from own

sensors, exchanges data with others in vicinity (vehicles, RSU, traffic lights)

• IoT platform as collection place for large amounts of data from connected devices

• Using IoT provides additional source of data for vehicle’s world model, and better use of services

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Car Zone • independent sensing

by car: video, lidar, radar, …

Cooperation Zone • dynamic Cooperation

cars & infrastructure

Smart City Zone • Smart City infrastructure

for assisted cars • information & services

for Autonoms Cars

Car Zone

Cooperation Zone

Tactical IoT info

V2V

V2X

Beacons

Smart City Zone

Car, Internet-of-Things and wider context

Other IoT

Other IoT platforms • Other IoT platfroms and services

for Autonomous Cars – maps, maintanance, insurance,…

• Other Smart cities • ….

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EU LSP AUTOPILOT – IoT for autonomous driving

Use a vehicle IoT platform

Evaluate network

performance needs

Create IoT and cloud based

service platforms

Involve many IoT sensors

Helmond/ Eindhoven

Tampere

Versailles

Florence- Livorno

Vigo

Daejeon

6 pilot sites

43 partners

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Autopilot IoT architecture functional view

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Autopilot – urban driving example

Automated Urban Driving supported with IoT has the main advantage of extending the perception range of an automated vehicle beyond what is provided by its own sensors. In this sense, the vehicle will become an IoT element, which will get relevant information and data (and provide it as well) from, for example, IoT connected elements, such as traffic lights, cameras or other connected vehicles.

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Autopilot – car sharing app example

Car sharing supported with IoT enables users to book cars and manage (modify, cancel, etc.) their bookings using the central car sharing service through a mobile or desktop application. IoT-enabled devices and vehicles of the IoT ecosystem publish relevant events (traffic, accidents, weather, parking spot availability, etc.) to the IoT platform.

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ITS-G5 RSU

ITS-G5 RSU

TASS systems

Fiber backbone

Hi-5 eNB (4G) Helmond

Hi-5 core network Den Haag

Huawei IoT (OSGI) platform Application server

Brainport – pilot site

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Time critical data via G5 (10-20ms)

Tactical data via LTE (100ms+)

MEC-node with IoT (oneM2M) platform

REST API

In-vehicle IoT and Apps Platform

A270 & P-Automotive Campus

MEC applications platform DLR drone

eNB (commercial) Helmond

Image processing

Sensinov IoT (oneM2M) platform

Public internet

Brainport applications platform (TNO, NEC, IBM)