V2X Communication Technologies of Autonomous Vehicles

-          Introduction to autonomous vehicles: Historical overview; Operation models; Capabilities and requirements of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles; Pros and cons, social impacts;

-          Introduction to vehicular communication: Intra- and inter-vehicle communication; General access technologies; Information dissemination techniques; Security and privacy considerations;

-          V2X today: Standardization Organizations and activities; Industry Alliances; V2X-based applications and services; Deployment status and examples, testbeds, use-cases;

-          Standardized V2X architectures: V2X communication requirements of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS), Standardized C-ITS applications; Standardized C-ITS architectures and protocol stacks; Cross-layer optimization in C-ITS; Standardized applications; Future applications; V2X multimedia; V2X for autonomous cars;

-          Standardized V2X facilities for C-ITS application support: CAM, DENM, IVI, PVD, LDM, MAP, SPAT, PSM, etc.; Similarities and differences between US and EU standards

-          Standardized V2X transport and network layer solutions: geographic addressing and  routing, GeoNetworking protocol; Basic Transport Protocol; GN6ASL, IPv6 over 802.11OCB

-          Standardized V2X access layer solutions: IEEE 802.11p; WAVE; ETSI ITS-G5/DSRC; C-V2X; 5G cellular V2X; Heterogeneous/hybrid vehicular networking solutions; IoT/V2X integration options;

-          Standardized V2X security and privacy: Challenges, requirements, threats and theoretical solutions; Standard C-ITS Security reference model; Security header and certificate formats; Hardware Security Module; C-ITS Identity and Credential Management; Digital Signature in GeoNetworking; Service Specific Permissions; PKI architecture;

-          UAV basics: Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Systems; System design considerations; UAV missions; UAS technology elements; UAV applications and use-cases;

-          UAV design and development in practice: Ardupilot-based controlling schemes; Autopilot systems; Pixhawk; Controlling algorithm design considerations;

-          UAV communication: R/C remote controlling technologies; Telemetry radios; Payload radios; UWB applications; Positioning on UAVs; Special antenna systems; Data management; ACARS; CPDLC; Radio navigation; NDB vs. VOR; ASR systems; TCAS; MAVLINK;

-          Coordination of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles: Theory and practice; Platooning; Flocking; Communication and information dissemination aspects; Real-life examples and use-cases;

Laboratory practices:

Cooperative vehicle communication (2 laboratory sessions of 4 hours each)

• Usage and configuration of V2X network / facility protocols and their security extensions in practice (device and scenario configuration, basic applications)
• V2X application development, C-ITS applications in practice

UAV design and implementation (2 laboratory sessions of 4 hours)

• UAVs in the air: taking off, landing and control of fixed wing and rotary wing UAVs
• Factory visit at BHE, advanced UAV technologies in practice