An Evaluation Methodology for VANET Applications Combining Simulation and Multi-sensor Experiments

Dominique Seydel, Sebastian Bittl, Jakob Pfeiffer, Josef Jiru, Hanno Beckmann, Kathrin Frankl, Bernd Eissfeller

2016

Abstract

Wireless vehicular networks are in the wake of mass deployment both in Europe and the USA. These networks introduce a new promising source of information about vehicular environments usable by cooperative advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). However, development and evaluation of such ADAS is still challenging. Thus, we propose a methodology for their development and evaluation process. It is applied to evaluate the fulfillment of requirements on position accuracy information within the communicated data sets. Accuracy requirements are only roughly defined and not sufficiently evaluated in real world environments. This holds especially for GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) optimized for maximum integrity of obtained positions, which is required for safety critical ADAS to increase robustness and reliability. Our main goal is to determine whether position accuracy provided by GNSS is sufficient for cooperative ADAS. Thereby, we find that pure GNSS input cannot fulfill position accuracy requirements in most test cases.

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Seydel D., Bittl S., Pfeiffer J., Jiru J., Beckmann H., Frankl K. and Eissfeller B. (2016). An Evaluation Methodology for VANET Applications Combining Simulation and Multi-sensor Experiments . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS, ISBN 978-989-758-185-4, pages 213-224. DOI: 10.5220/0005799802130224


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@conference{vehits16,
author={Dominique Seydel and Sebastian Bittl and Jakob Pfeiffer and Josef Jiru and Hanno Beckmann and Kathrin Frankl and Bernd Eissfeller},
title={An Evaluation Methodology for VANET Applications Combining Simulation and Multi-sensor Experiments},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS,},
year={2016},
pages={213-224},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005799802130224},
isbn={978-989-758-185-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS,
TI - An Evaluation Methodology for VANET Applications Combining Simulation and Multi-sensor Experiments
SN - 978-989-758-185-4
AU - Seydel D.
AU - Bittl S.
AU - Pfeiffer J.
AU - Jiru J.
AU - Beckmann H.
AU - Frankl K.
AU - Eissfeller B.
PY - 2016
SP - 213
EP - 224
DO - 10.5220/0005799802130224