TransAID Deliverable 7.2: System Prototype Demonstration (Iteration 1)

Abstract

This deliverable is a direct successor of Deliverable 7.1 [1], which has introduced all vehicles, test tracks and used hardware, and also proposed system architectures of the different used components. D7.1 has also introduced several system requirements for each component and for each scenario, which has to be implemented. D7.2 now shows the results of the first project integration phase. The system implementation is described for the different components of the infrastructure part as well as for the vehicle part. It is shown how both parts communicate in the real world during the first project iteration by presenting the used ASN.1 message definitions (in the Annex) and details about the communication software. Furthermore, a feasibility assessment has been performed by the project partner HMETC. For this, each scenario has been divided into test cases, which have been implemented in the real world prototypes, and demonstrated on a test track in northern Germany. Each test case is linked to related requirements set up in D7.1. During the feasibility assessment, the compliance with all requirements has been checked. In addition, the overall "look and feel" of the prototype and the performance in each test case has been rated and described. In summary, most of the requirements were met. Nevertheless, some deviations have been found. Most of those deviations will be fixed during the second iteration of the project, but there were also some minor points, which need to be reformulated during the second iteration. These points include some identified weaknesses and some needed re-interpretations of existing fields in the used messages. Altogether, it could be shown that the TransAID ideas can be put into real-world to help future automated vehicles to better cope with possible threats and to gain higher performance on the road.