Fca anticipates the benefits of 5G technology

The city of Turin hosted the "5GAA World Conference and Demonstration" and the Fca group, faithful to its strategy on the front of innovation, actively participated in the important event.

On the other hand, when he designed the Uconnect platform, the Lingotto house prepared the possibility of being able to integrate future innovations, in particular precisely the advanced 5G technology.

This integrated platform for connected vehicles has allowed Fca to create a "global ecosystem" to improve the driving experience both inside and outside the vehicle since 5G represents a conceptual revolution of connectivity in the automotive field.
The Turin event demonstrated how two connected cars can communicate with each other and with the cloud, thus improving safety and driving quality.

5G technology will bring a new generation of high-speed, low-latency communications and Fca has introduced five new systems that will allow them to benefit from these advantages: Forward Collision Warning, Urban Geo-referenced Alert, Stationary Vehicle Warning, Emergency Electronic Brake Light warning and See Through.

"The Fca Uconnect system – explained Gilberto Ceresa, head of the global connectivity team and that of Emea & Latam of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles – will use 5G technology in many more ways than is shown today during the Turin event. We believe that 5G technology can help transform the mobility of the future and revolutionize the way in which cars are perceived.
When 5G will become a global standard and the infrastructure will develop hand in hand, this will allow manufacturers and consumers to make the most of the many potentials of this new technology ".

Fca and Harman presented two applications of C-V2V (Cellular Vehicle to Vehicle) technology: Forward Collision Warning (Fcw) and Intersection Movement Assist (Ima) systems.
During the test, the Maserati Levante and Quattroporte anonymously communicated basic information such as their position and direction thanks to a direct radio link.

The Fcw system detects any frontal collisions and alerts the driver. Thanks also to the exchange of sensor data with nearby connected cars, this technology can reduce the risk of accidents, for example at road junctions, while the Ima system supports the driver near the intersections to avoid possible side collisions.

The Urban Geo-referenced Alert system, developed in collaboration between Tim, Fca, Links, City of Turin with 5T and Politecnico di Torino, warns drivers of possible dangers and risks such as road works, speed limits and traffic jams.

Through the digital mobility platform of Turin that performs a real-time monitoring of the road situation, a standard geo-referenced warning message is first collected by the Politecnico di Torino and by Links and then transmitted via the cloud broker Tim 5G Amqp.

The message is sent only to the cars that require this information and, in the Fca models, it is displayed on the on-board user interface so that the driver is able to intervene in the most appropriate way.

In the third test Fca presented the Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything technology (C-V2X) which allows cars to communicate with each other, with other road users and with the surrounding infrastructure.
It should also be noted that even in areas without mobile network coverage, C-V2X communication allows an exchange of time-sensitive and safety-critical information.
A practical demonstration of two uses of this technology was provided by Fca together with Continental and Qualcomm, with two Jeep Renegades.

By switching on the emergency lights, the Stationary Vehicle Warning (Svw) function is activated, which transmits a message to all the cars in the vicinity so as to signal to the approaching vehicles that the danger is still not visible, while in the event of sudden braking of a car, the Emergency Electronic Brake Light (Eebl) system sends a warning to all the cars nearby indicating the potentially dangerous situation.

The result of the collaboration between Vodafone, Fca, Vodafone Automotive, Marelli and Altran is instead the "See Through" system, which uses C-V2V communication to exchange video in real time between cars and expand the driver's field even in situations of limited visibility , preventing accidents, especially during overtaking.
The test used two Jeep Renegades connected to each other through a Marelli 5G router and equipped with high-frame rate cameras from Marelli Motorsport.

"The real-time monitoring and a spatial mapping algorithm of the cars, specially developed by Vodafone Automotive – underline the designers – allow Vodafone's Multi-access Edge Computing (Mec) system to dynamically manage and route video streams based on the positions of cars, offering minimal end-to-end latency to the benefit of driver safety.
The extremely low latency and high reliability of Vodafone's 5G technology are fundamental to guarantee the flow and synchronization of video information exchange in real time between the cars, even in conditions of high traffic and cell saturation ". (M.R.)

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