Academic environment: Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is one of Europe’s top technological universities, situated in the heart of one of Europe’s largest high-tech innovation ecosystems. Research at TU/e is characterized by a combination of academic excellence and a strong real-world impact. This impact is often obtained via close collaboration with high-tech industries.

Project description: The continued innovation of ICT systems within the vehicle, with increasing processing and communication powers as well as the increase of networking in general, is leading to significant advances in vehicle communication and in Intelligent Transport System (ITS). Within vehicles, networked electronic components drive advanced functions, supporting new functionality, safety and comfort.

Communication between vehicles enables advanced local scenarios (with short latencies), like lane change warning or collision avoidance, but also functions like collaborative driving in traffic jams or parking spot finding. The general ITS architecture is becoming established.

High-performance infotainment systems are being deployed and integrated with other in-vehicle systems; new wireless communication standards (like 802.11p) support ad-hoc communication between vehicles and with roadside units and high-bandwidth telecommunication standards are developed (4G/5G).

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