Test Site AIM – Toolbox and Enabler for Applied Research and Development in Traffic and Mobility

Abstract

The Application Platform for Intelligent Mobility (AIM) is a test site for research and development in the domain of intelligent mobility services, which resides in the city of Braunschweig and in parts of the circumjacent regions. The test site, which was set into operation in 2014, contains powerful instruments for simulating, measuring and manipulating microscopic and macroscopic aspects of traffic and mobility. Thus, AIM can serve as platform for research and development projects with high systemic and technical demands. For this purpose, AIM contains simulation environments, specific test tracks and – above all – several service platforms in the field. The manuscript gives a detailed inside view on two of the most sophisticated services: The AIM Research Intersection is an instrument for detection and assessment of traffic behavior in a complex intersection under real-time conditions. The AIM Reference Track provides V2X functionality for long-term operation in the scale of an urban environment. For both services field applications are depicted to demonstrate the opportunities for individual usage. In addition, AIM services can be seen as relevant components of a toolbox for research and development in the field of applied mobility services. That means that services can be combined to generate multiple options for further applications as additional value apart from their particular task. The manuscript exemplarily outlines a combination of the aforementioned services to bring up the opportunity of infrastructural supported cooperative driver assistance systems. The manuscript ends with a sum-up and an outlook on future works and the integration in the further development outline of AIM.