Further Update of the Working Document Towards

27 March 2017

Telstra Corporation Ltd

Further update of the Working Document towards

a revision of APT Report 18 (rev2) addressing

‘the usage of ITS in APT countries’

Introduction

At the last meeting of the APT Wireless Group in August/September 2016 (AWG #20), further work was undertaken in accordance with input contributions on the Working Document towards a revision of APT Report 18 on ‘The usage of ITS in APT countries’. This report not only outlines current ITS systems (such as height detection, traffic monitoring/control, ETC, etc) and automotive radars, but also offers descriptions and commentary on trials of new technologies and emerging Advanced ITS systems. The working document also now includes a status update and useful information on relevant current and developing 3GPP technical standards relevant to Advanced ITS including V2X and V2V use cases.

The responsibility for deployment and operation of ITS systems in use today already varies between countries, and even between cities/states. Some ITS systems are deployed and operated by government agencies, while others are deployed and operated by other entities, including public and private road/freeway operators, commercial service providers, sub-contractors, and others. As more advanced ITS systems are deployed, involving greater functionality, wider coverage, an expanding variety of connected data servers, and offering a growing range of other applications and information, the approach to deployment and operations will become more complex and thus require consideration of alternative investment, deployment and operations options.

This contribution therefore proposes to include additional text outlining several alternative approaches to deployment and operation of Advanced ITS systems, to provide greater planning and operations flexibility for administrations, and opportunities for ongoing ITS-related service innovations.

Proposal

Reflecting the above considerations, the text provided in the Annex attached hereto is offered for inclusion into the Working Document towards revision of the APT Report on The Usage of ITS in APT Countries as a new section 6.1.5.

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Annex: Proposed text for new section 6.1.5

6.1.5Options for Deployment and Operations

Responsibility for deployment and operation of ITS systems in use today already varies between countries, and even between cities/states. Some ITS systems are deployed and operated by government agencies, while others are deployed and operated by other entities, including public and private road/freeway operators, commercial service providers, sub-contractors, and others. As more advanced ITS systems are deployed, involving greater functionality, wider coverage, an expanding variety of connected data servers, and offering a growing range of other applications and information, the approach to deployment and operations will become more complex and thus involve consideration of alternative options.

While the latency demands of emerging advanced ITS systems associated with safety and collision avoidance will necessarily rely on localized radiocommunications links – V2V and V2I involving direct communications and relay via roadside units (RSUs) – the broader city-wide and nationwide V2X functionality will need a ubiquitous wide-area backhaul ‘fabric’ to reliably link together all of the data servers, control centres, and other information sources involved in the future of transportation. Some of these data servers and control centres will be owned/operated by government agencies (roads & traffic authorities), but others will be operated by private transport/roads operators, and other entities. Increasing innovation will inevitably see many of the connected systems owned and operated by commercial enterprises offering new subscription-based services, including everything from navigation/guidance, valet/concierge and convenience information services, to augmented driving and driverless vehicle services.

In that context, the ubiquitous wide-area backhaul may also potentially be provided by non-government entities. More specifically, it is likely we will see a range of ownership/deployment and operation arrangements implemented within cities, across multiple cities, and even nationwide, in the future ITS environment – roadside units, ubiquitous broadband wireless network, data-servers, control centres, information centres, guidance/navigation, driverless services, and many more:

Figure X: Multiple service providers in the future ITS environment

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