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Driving ITS in Lithuania Ian Bearder speaks to Dainius Diska - CEO of ITS Lithuania
In this edition we take a closer look
Bearder zooms in on ITS development
at the 79 GHz frequency allocation,
in and the ITS vision of Lithuania under
ITS development and priorities in
the Presidency of the Council of the
Lithuania under the President of the
European Union. ITS Lithuania was
Council of the European Union and
the first ITS organization in the Baltic
the 2013 ITS World Congress in Tokyo.
States. Executive Director of ITS
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New and complex automotive radar
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applications are essential with regard to the long term goal of zero accidents. The European Commission defined the 79 GHz band as the frequency allocation for automotive SRR. Since European car manufacturers operate
Lithuania Mr Dainius Diska confirms in an interview that continuous innovation plays a central role in the future of Lithuania’s economy and that the country aspires to be the innovation center of the North Baltic region.
in world markets, the 79 GHz must
ERTICO’s Carla Coppola gives you the
be regulated on a global scale. In the
latest news from the 20th ITS World
first article, ERTICO’s Maria De Rycke
Congress in Tokyo taking place this
These views and opinions do not
explains how the 79 GHz project is
week. The Call for Papers for the
necessarily
effectively speeding up the global
European ITS Congress in 2014 was
adoption of the 79 GHz frequency
officially opened yesterday with a
range.
new category of commercial papers
The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are solely those of the authors and other contributors. represent
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those
of
In a second article, ERTICO’s Ian
dedicated to near-market research. Also the ITS App Contest 2014 will be officially opened which will reward the best developers and the best traffic applications for smartphones. Enjoy !
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79 GHz : towards Vehicle and Road Automation development by Maria De Rycke
New and complex automotive radar applications are essential with regard to the long term goal of zero accidents and require short-range radars (SRR). Therefore the European Commission defined the 79 GHz band as the frequency allocation for automotive SRR. But European car manufacturers operate in world markets and therefore the 79 GHz frequency must be regulated on a global scale. Speaking at the 79 GHz workshop held at ITU on 7 November 2012, Project Coordinator J端rgen Hildebrandt of Robert Bosch GmbH of an EC co-funded project with the same name, confirmed that car radar technology is very important because it has proven it sales lives on the road. Mr Hildebrandt expected that by the end of the project around mid-2014, the 79 GHz frequency range will be allocated in all key regions of the world (BRIC countries, USA, Canada, all the Gulf States and a large part of Asia). Once these targets will be achieved, he predicts that other countries will join the fold. The 79 GHz project is also an important step within a larger EU vision of fully automated driving. Improvement of sensors is one of the key elements that make the automation of vehicle driving possible. China and Japan are developing new technologies to support this evolution. But also the European Commission is looking at potential higher frequency bands than the 79 GHz for automotive use.
The 79 GHz: Advantages Automotive radar applications are playing a key role with regard to the long term goal of zero accidents. New and complex applications require SSR that meet demanding requirements such as higher range resolution, better object discrimination, high spatial
resolution
and
77 GHz to 81 GHz frequency range
a wide range of safety functions :
are ideal for the next generation
for instance the Collision Warning
of
new
System (CWS) and Collision Mitigation
requirements. Therefore in 2004 the
System (CMS) provide an acoustic
European Commission defined the 79
and/or optical warning to the driver
GHz band as the frequency allocation
and may prepare the braking system
for automotive SSR.
if the driver does not generate the
sensors
supporting
the
European car manufacturers and their suppliers can only be truly competitive in regional and world markets if the 79 GHz frequency allocation is regulated globally.
necessary
deceleration
to
avoid
collision. Another example is the Vulnerable
Road
User
Detection
(VUD) that supports the detection of vulnerable road users (cyclists or pedestrians) in front in order
reduced
The 79 GHz band and a higher
to enable warning or assist brake
mutual interference. SSR in the
power limitation are essential for
functions.
Status worldwide implementation A key goal of the 79 GHz project is to speed up the 79 GHz frequency adoption worldwide. The current
regulated. China and India have no
Harmonisation”,
regulation for 79 GHz but currently
October, will inform the ITS experts
discussions and initiatives are being
on the current status of the activities
promoted by the CSA 79 GHz project.
in the field of automotive radar
status of the allocation is illustrated
In Japan, the 79 GHz band is now
in figure 2. At the start of the project
regulated. A positive outcome is
in 2011, the 79 GHz radar equipment
expected from countries like Korea
was authorized in the 27 EU member
where the legislation procedure is
states and in most of other 21 CEPT
amended to accept 79 GHz. The 79
hosted
on
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systems. The speakers will focus both on the technology and the frequency regulation / allocation, analyzing pros and cons of the individual frequency ranges, and on the activities of GARREG. More
info
can
be
found
on
www.79ghz.eu
The 79 GHz frequency allocation’s larger strategic role for the future of ITS The 79 GHz Coordination Support Action is an important step within a larger EU vision of fully automated driving. the
Project
Coordination
Figure 2 : Overview of 79 GHz allocation status
(European Conference of Postal and
GHz project had a successful meeting
Telecommunications Administrations)
with Thailand’s authorities and a
countries. In all other countries, a
petition will be submitted to request
lack of any regulatory framework
for the regulation of 79 GHz.
“Vehicle
and
is
currently
Coordinator and
of
the
Support Action
Road
Automation
Network”, a project within the EU 7th framework program. It is evident that automation of vehicle driving is made possible thanks to the
for this frequency band made the
improvement of sensors, power train
operation of 79 GHz radar devices impossible. However various actions
Next steps : 2013 Tokyo World
taken by the 79 GHz project partners
Congress
resulted in an increased adoption
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control as well as communication. Vehicle and Road Automation will improve traffic safety by reducing
A 79 GHz project workshop will be
the number of incidents due to
held at the ITS World Congress in Tokyo
human errors, driver’s distraction or
In the USA a petition to adopt and
on 17 October 2013. This workshop
reduced vigilance.
release the 77 to 81 GHz band
will provide a status overview of the
is expected by the end of 2013.
project achievements globally. The
Canada’s decision regarding 79 GHz
workshop will also zoom in on the
partially follows the USA due to the
activities of the GARREG, the Global
cross border situation and direct
Automotive Radio Regulations Expert
neighbourhood to the USA.
Group, to establish a worldwide
rate.
Several Gulf States are preparing for the introduction and in Brazil activities are ongoing. In Argentina,
acting interest
technical group
committee for
and
automotive
frequency allocation issues.
The reduction of traffic fatalities is a major consideration within the EU research plan Horizon 2020. This explains the increased focus on automotive radar sensors and cameras. The European slogan of the current decade with regard to the direction of automotive sensor development is : “2011-2020 – the
the CSA 79GHz project is in contact
The Special Interest Session (SIS16)
Decade of Action for Road Safety”.
with relevant regulatory bodies. In
“Automotive Radar on the Move
The rollout of EuroNCAP (European
Chile, the 79 GHz band has been
– Toward International Frequency
New Car Assessment Program is
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one of these EU road safety targets for 2020 asking for example for autonomous
emergency
braking
system (AEBS) for trucks. The planned mandatory implementation of AEBS for commercial vehicles in Europe will significantly increase the takeup rate in trucks from a few percent in 2013 to full installation in 2015. As indicated by Daimler in an interview with Microwave Journal Frequency
The Project at a glance 79 GHz The Coordination and Support Activity (CSA) 79 GHz is a 3-year project within the 7th EU Framework Program. It runs for the period 2011-2014 and is coordinated by Robert Bosch. The basic intention and objective of this funding instrument are to establish and speed-up the worldwide harmonized frequency allocation for vehicle radars in the frequency band 77-81 GHz (79 GHz).
Matters (edition 13 September 2013),
Expected results
“it has to be assumed that the already
From its very nature 79 GHz project initiates and promotes the 79 GHz rulemaking process in key countries of the world. The ultimate goal is to achieve for all countries the same regulation as already adopted by the European Commission Decision 2004/545/EC, which means with same emission power specification and frequency parameters. Consequently a harmonized worldwide 79 GHz frequency band can become available, a pre-requisite for large mass-market deployment.
established 77 GHz technology will be used when the AEBS function becomes mandatory.
After 2015,
an annual growth rate of 3 percent has to be envisioned. However, other sensor technologies or radar systems using different frequencies may take
More info on
www.79ghz.eu
over parts of this huge market, which amounts to about 1 million sensors per annum for trucks in Europe alone.�
wants China to have the technologies
and information exchange between
China and Japan have also taken the
for completed unmanned vehicles by
closely operating cars. The use of
autonomous driving route.
China
2015. In Japan, the Tokyo Institute
even higher frequency bands than
carried out a test with a driverless
of Technology chairs the autonomous
the 79 GHz range for automotive
car that drove over a distance of
driving initiatives with the input of
use (i.e. 122 GHz) is currently
286 km from Changsha to Wuhan.
various equipment manufacturers.
being investigated by the European
Unlike foreign unmanned vehicles
The vehicle used utilizes a variety
Commission. It seems that automotive
relying
and
of technologies, including GPS, mm-
radars frequencies will remain on the
digital information, this car used
wave radar, laser tracking and stereo
agenda for a considerable time to
surround
and
cameras, to achieve autonomy. Also
come.
intelligent decision making to control
the European Commission is looking
the vehicle. This test was made
into new solutions. The 76 to 81
within the context of the China
GHz radar bands could be used on a
Intelligent Vehicle Challenge that
timeshared basis for identification
on
GPS sensing
information systems
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Driving ITS in Lithuania on 1st July 2013, Lithuania took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, promising to put “new technologies and mobility” high on the transport agenda. Ian Bearder speaks to Dainius Diska - CEO of ITS Lithuania.
by Ian Bearder
Sitting in a small, pedal-powered toy car, I was joking with two Lithuanian policemen in the seaside town of Palanga whilst my Danish friend wandered inside to report the loss of his wallet. We had hired the little red tourist vehicle to cycle 6km out of the town to reach the police station and I was trying, unsuccessfully, to convince the officers that we were going to pedal all the way across the country, to the capital city, Vilnius.
“Good Luck” they shouted as we
ITS Lithuania, he tells me, was
majority of the projects (82%) have
cycled off again, back to the town to
established in September 2011 as the
been oriented to traffic control.
collect our real car.
first such organisation in the Baltic
These include:
States and represents a wide range
The Vilnius system
The drive across Lithuania wasn’t a high-tech journey, I don’t remember much traffic, and due to Lithuania’s relatively small size – the journey only lasted a few hours.
of sectors within the ITS community, including the central government, local authorities, automotive industry, transport operators, manufacturers and academic/research institutions.
However, on 1st July 2013, Lithuania
traffic
management
In June 2007 the city of Vilnius was the first city in the Baltic States to introduce
a
city-wide
intelligent
traffic
management
system
Together they contribute to the
(TMS). The system includes many
development and implementation of
components, such as a dedicated
ITS projects in Lithuania with the aim
Traffic Management Centre, traffic
of delivering real economic efficiency,
sensors and traffic light controllers,
transport safety, and environmental
and a driver information and traffic
and human well-being.
monitoring system (www.sviesoforai.
the ground in Lithuania, what systems
“What is the current status of ITS in
lt).
have they implemented and what
Lithuania?” I asked. “Are there any
A
priorities are they currently working
key projects taking place?”
Information System
Dainius tells me that, in the past
Forty three automated road weather
20 years, 35 ITS projects have been
stations, with facilities to watch
carried out in Lithuania with a total
weather
took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, promised to put “new technologies and mobility” high on the transport agenda. So, I was curious to find out how the ITS industry is developing on
on. I
contacted
Diska,
CEO
Dainius of
ITS
Lithuania to find out.
value of 140,5 million EUR. The
National
Traffic
conditions
and
and
Road
video
cameras, as well as traffic counters
“Hnit Baltic, for example, is the
trucks and commercial vehicles and
have been deployed on every road of
largest
working on projects to link vehicles
national importance across Lithuania.
geographic information systems (GIS)
To control the system, a Traffic
software and solutions based on the
Information Centre at the premises
generating companies in Eastern and
of Lithuanian Road Administration has
Central Europe started its activities
been equipped with a state-of-the-art
in Lithuania in 1993. Affecto Lietuva
video (monitored around the clock)
is one of the leading IT services
and when the system is complete
and solution providers in Lithuania
- traffic information will be made
and the Baltic states, and Merakas
available both to special services and
(a Lithuanian company) develops
education.
to travellers.
software
“ITS is quite a new area of study”
E – Ticketing
and
most
tools
experienced
for
timetable
“How can a small state whose population
totals
just
over
3
million surprise the world?” Dainius responds
rhetorically.
“Sometimes
small is more flexible, but in our world of globalization, it looks more (e-ticketing) has been in operation in cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. The technology was implemented with the help of EU funding. Thanks to the project a unified e-ticketing and passenger information system exists, covering the networks which are operated with buses and trolleybuses and are open for new services such
better. I ask him how he would spend 10 million Euros on ITS in Lithuania? The
answer
is
straightforward:
rarely participate in international
challenging.
ticketing
Dainius would make things even
Lithuania is a small state with just
industry or if it make things more
electronic
country, but I want to know how
says Dainius explains. “Our specialists
helps the development of the ITS
2007
This is an impressive list for a small
planning.”
over 3 million people, so I ask if this
Since
with the transport infrastructure.
challenging,” “Continuous
innovation
plays
a
central role in the future role of Lithuania’s economy and the country aspires to be the innovation center of the North Baltic region.” The country has prioritised road optimisation and the provision of traffic and travel data.
research projects due to either insufficient experience, or too little information about upcoming events. So, my direction to spend money would be the creation of a technical base for some University, like an ITS solution technical base center for students, for testing relevant ITS solutions and creating new ITS technologies.” Finally, I asked Dainius what his favourite ITS system is. “Personally, important
for
me,
issue
is
the
most
safety
transport infrastructure,”
in
he says.
“Pedestrians, drivers, cyclists and passengers – all of them are important participants
in
our
transport
community. Programs like the EU’s ‘Zero Vision’ initiative, is the right
as parking payments and bike sharing
To achieve these goals, Lithuania is
way to improve things, where we can
etc.
contributing to EU-wide multimodal
focus on creation new technologies
travel
and programs to save more lives.”
“Who
is
implementing
these
systems?” I ask, curious to know if there are many local ITS companies or manufacturers. “We use products from all the wellknown producers in Europe and other regions”,
Dainius
explains
“and
they cooperate closely with local Lithuanian
companies.
Certainly
there are local ITS companies as well”.
and
real-time
traffic
information services and minimum universal traffic information services. The country provides information on the tracking and tracing of freight and is currently developing priority actions
such
as
EU-wide
eCall
services. Lithuania
If Lithuania is able to contribute to broader
European
initiatives
and
have an impact in this area, then regardless of its size – I am sure it will have a big impact on all of us, and maybe one day it really will be safe to cycle from Palanga to Vilnius in a
is
also
developing
reservation and information systems for safe and secure parking places for
small, plastic pedal-powered car. Read the full interview online at www.erticionetwork.com
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IT(‘)S Helsinki, IT(‘)S Tokyo by Carla Coppola
It’s October, time for the congress again, time for Tokyo to join the prestigious list of host cities for these large events. The 8,000 expected participants in the 20th ITS World Congress will have the opportunity to take part in 250 sessions, visit 700 booths in the exhibition area and register for the 20 different showcase demonstrations.
But ITS Tokyo will also be the occasion
essay. Papers submitted to this brand
to go into more detail regarding their
to think ahead about the upcoming
new Commercial Papers category
research and theories. Those papers
European congress next June in the
should analyse and describe activities
will go through a peer-review process
superb city of Helsinki. To start with,
related to the business aspect such
according to IET ITS standards and, if
the Call for Papers will be officially
as how to improve existing products
accepted, they will be indexed in the
opened on the first day of the Tokyo
or to present a new product or idea
citations database.
Congress on 14 October. Attendees
for commercial use. The commercial
will
sessions will be presented in a
receive
all
the
information
needed in the delegate bag, so be
“commercial
sure to look for the striking “ITS in
exhibition area and will be open to
your pocket” leaflet when scanning
all participants.
the useful material provided in the bag.
theatre”
in
the
Writing a paper is a full-time job; the congress organising committee is well
Next year for the first time, in addition
aware of the efforts that each writer
to the technical and scientific papers,
puts into the paper and appreciates
a new one for commercial papers
the time spent. In order to make the
dedicated to near-market research
best papers even more visible, the
work has been included in the Call.
committee signed an agreement with
The Technical Papers category should
the IET Intelligent Transport Systems
address
business,
journal to publish some of the finest
economical and technical aspects of
papers from the 2014 congress. After
ITS; while professionals submitting
the event, authors of scientific papers
Scientific Papers should focus on
considered suitable for publication,
research in the style of an academic
will be invited to expand their work
institutional,
For more information (or clarification) about the Call and enquiries, contact Pamela Valente, ERTICO Congress Officer at p.valente@mail.ertico.com or download the Call for Papers here. Tokyo will also be the place where the “ITS in your pocket” App Contest 2014 will be officially opened. On Tuesday 15 October, Minna Kivimäki, Director General of the Transport Ministry of Finland, will launch the contest which will award the best developers and the best traffic applications for smartphones. Don’t miss the opportunity to try Finnish cheese and cheer the future congresses (Helsinki in 2014 and Bordeaux in 2015) with a glass of Bordeaux wine at the
reception hosted at the European
A special prize awarded by Nokia and
Pavilion from 17:00 while learning
AppCampus will be given to the best
more about the contest.
ITS enabled application on Lumia
What is the contest about?
Smartphone; while another prize will
The App contest is directed at new
help mobility in the city of Helsinki.
applications that can ease mobility in cities as well as in rural areas. The competition will select the best apps in three different categories:
be granted to the best application to
9
European cities. Applicants will have time until April 2014 to submit their proposals and a shortlist of selected applicants will be published in May. Winners of the three categories (multimodality,
The contest will be coordinated in
sustainability, and innovation) will
Finland by the app contest team
be notified early June and invited
composed of Ville Kairamo, Tero
to attend the Opening Ceremony on
Piirainen and Jukka Lintusaari and
14 June in Helsinki. Attendees to
• applications to boost the use of
is open to companies, teams, and
the European Congress will have the
individual developers from across
chance to meet the developers and
• applications for sustainable
Europe. Developers will have the
their App in the Start up Village in the
opportunity to learn from the best
Exhibition next June.
multimodal transport;
urban mobility;
• “out of the box” innovations for
better mobility.
Submitted apps should focus on consumers (in line with the Congress theme “ITS in your pocket”); be original and work on a wide range of nomadic devices.
experts
about
intelligent
traffic
systems and will get to develop their ideas and proposals with the guidance of experts.
All questions about the app (including the selected jury and prizes) will be answered next week at the ITS World Congress, where the 7.815,26
Companies taking part in the contest
kilometres
will benefit from extensive publicity
Helsinki (and the 6 hours jet-lag) will
across Europe as well as funding for
be taken away by a cheerful reception
further development of their work.
at the European Pavilion booth (122)
Interaction and community
on 15 October.
support
will be ensured to local
developers with a series
of webinars and
facilitated workshops
available locally in several
between
Tokyo
and
For more information or enquiries on this article, contact Carla Coppola, Communications Officer c.coppola@mail.ertico.com
Commercial’ Congress Papers – A New Helsinki Opportunity Eric Sampson, Congress Senior Programme Adviser talks about the Commercial’ Congress Papers It will be obvious to readers that ITS has moved a long way since the first World Congress in 1994. The emphasis then was on assessing emerging technologies and the outputs from research projects against cost, reliability, performance, etc. We operated a policy of not accepting overly commercial papers without defining exactly the line between acceptable and not acceptable. Today we have much more emphasis on deployment and practical solutions for users and we realised that our policy was not working for papers that deal with very applied subjects or discuss commercial products and processes. We even had cases where essentially the same material was recommended for acceptance if submitted by an academic organisation author but rejected if from a commercial organisation. This is clearly unfair and unhelpful and had to be addressed as papers from authors working for commercial companies are in principle welcome. Our solution to the problem is based on considering the extent to which the possible practical application of the new knowledge described in the paper has been specified and we recognise two cases. First, pre-market activity in which work is aimed at generating new knowledge which, while not at present linked to the development of a specific product, is likely to be commercially exploitable in due course. The other case is near-market work where the activity has been aimed at generating or improving a specific product, device or idea for the commercial market. A paper that describes pre-market work will be treated in the usual way and will be presented in one of the mainstream Congress sessions. For papers that are near-market we are experimenting with a new Congress format for Helsinki – presentation in sessions held in a “Commercial Theatre” within the exhibition area to emphasise the link to commercial sales and deployment.
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