Huawei and DLR: 5G is about cars as much as phones

Updated: March 6, 2017 Source: China.org.cn
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Ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Huawei announced on Feb. 25 that it has worked with DLR to test the practical application of super-fast wireless 5G technology in cars. The next generation of mobile radio technology runs at a speed which means it can be used in vehicles and highly auto-mated driving to reduce collisions.

Trials of vehicles in simulated critical traffic scenarios were performed in December 2016 on a test track in Munich, Germany. Huawei and DLR extensively tested both cellular connection via a 5G base station and direct vehicle-to-vehicle communication between cars.

The trials tested the use of Vehicle-to-everything (V2x) communication. V2x allows vehicles to talk to its environment to locate problems. Huawei and DLR’s trial showed that a reliable and ultra-low-latency connection based on 5G V2x between vehicles can minimize collision probabilities.

Currently, sensors on cars with automated driving functions work through line-of-sight sensors, which offer limited perception in blind non-line-of-sight conditions such as road intersections or sharp turns. The application of 5G could eliminate this problem as it will give vehicles the ability to receive data about the world around it and know what is near to it, not just objects within lines-of-sight.

This new system will enable vehicles to share information with each other and with the environ-ment. The speed at which cars can exchange data with their surroundings means that it will be im-portant in highly automated driving, which requires vehicles to be able to know what obstacles and dangers are around them.

Huawei and DLR have signed a collaboration agreement to define the requirements on the future 5G mobile radio standard for use cases and selected customer functions concerning highly auto-mated driving and explore the feasibility of 5G for automotive applications.

Editor: zhangjunmian