Special Issue "Wireless Technologies Applied to Connected and Automated Vehicles"
A special issue of Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (ISSN 2224-2708).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 26139
Special Issue Editor

Interests: wireless technologies; connected vehicles; C-V2X; medium access control; radio resource management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Connectivity and automation are two aspects that will jointly revolutionize transport systems. Although the latter aspect has had a larger media impact and might appear to be the core of the change, automation alone must rely on the partial information provided by short-range sensors and cannot support coordination among vehicles. With the aid of wireless communication, cars and trucks can see connected objects far away or behind an obstacle, can obtain information in advance about the route (congestion, weather), and can collaborate with each other to improve efficiency and safety.
Several technologies have been considered to enable the paradigm of connected vehicles. A first option is the widely-diffused long-range cellular (from LTE to 5G and beyond), which however hardly guarantees ubiquitous coverage and might suffer in crowded areas. Another is direct communications at microwave frequencies, including above all IEEE 802.11p, which is well-tested but has been criticized for its limited coverage and unreliability during congestion, and the recent short-range cellular-V2X option, based on more advanced features but still under testing. Furthermore, technologies intended for other scopes, such as Bluetooth or ZigBee, or novel solutions such as mmWave or visible light communications, have been also considered. Each of the mentioned options has pros and cons, but they all appear to still be insufficient for advanced applications like dense platooning, advanced intersection management, or remote driving (considered by 3GPP for eV2X). Improvements are thus under development and the use of hybrid technologies increasingly appears to be the right path.
Although the time seems to be coming for mass deployment, still several issues remain to be solved, starting with the need for novel applications to boost innovation, the improvements required for an increase of throughput and coverage, to models and simulations able to validate all aspects of the system. Additionally, particular attention is also required for advanced security and positioning, which are key components of connected vehicles.
This Special Issue solicits the submission of high-quality and unpublished papers that aim to solve open technical problems and challenges related to wireless communications for connected and automated vehicles. Both theoretical and experimental studies are encouraged, as well as high-quality review and survey papers.
Dr. Alessandro Bazzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Wireless technologies for advanced applications (e.g., platooning, intersection management, remote driving)
- Crowd sensing vehicular networks
- C-V2X and its evolution through 5G and beyond
- IEEE 802.11p/ITS-G5 and enhancements
- Hybrid wireless communications for connected vehicles
- New PHY/MAC solutions for connected vehicles
- mmWave, visible light communications, and other technologies applied to connected vehicles
- Full duplex radios applied to connected vehicles
- Testbeds and experiments about connected vehicles
- Large scale simulations of connected vehicles
- Precise localization for connected vehicles
- Security and privacy issues
- Vehicle to vulnerable user communications