Central to any technological progress is the enrichment of human life.
Central to any technological progress is the enrichment of human life. The internet and wireless connectivity have done that by allowing not only virtually anyone anywhere to connect real time, but by making possible connections between humans and a range of intelligent devices both indoors and outdoors, putting smart cities on the horizon.
One key aspect of realizing smart cities is “smart vehicles”, the latest development in intelligent transportation systems (ITS), which involve the integration of communication, mapping, positioning, network, and sensor technologies to ensure cooperative, efficient, intelligent, safe, and economical transportation.
For decades, research on bringing to the streets smart vehicles that operate successfully as part of smart city infrastructure has focused on improving computing paradigms for vehicular network connectivity. Over the past 30 years, vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET), a framework where vehicles self-organize themselves to provide essential services related to road safety, has been in stable development. However, with the advent of 5G networks, VANET is soon giving way to the internet of vehicles (IoV), a novel vehicular environment with more powerful infrastructures.
Read more at Chinese Association of Automation
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