Abstract
The application of cooperative driver awareness and assistance functions offers considerable potential to increase traffic safety. In such applications, traffic information is communicated to the driver to enable the latter to anticipate upcoming situations and, as a result, reduce the risk of accidents. This research project studies the possibilities to use existing cellular networks as communication channel. A second objective is to examine how information transmitted by vehicle sensors may help to improve the performance of such applications.
KEYWORDS – V2I, driver assistance, cellular communication, femtocell, sensor fusion