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The Anritsu booth at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 will showcase virtual test drives, testing vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) applications for traffic optimization and sensor sharing.
The test drives will simulate the vehicle and environment with smart infrastructure as well as real 5G communication.
The combination of 5G and edge cloud, which promises high data throughputs and low latencies, is said to allow the sharing of raw sensor data with vehicles and infrastructure.
This could further enable cooperative perception, swarm intelligence based on shared AI or real-time traffic optimization. Without a suitable 5G test bed infrastructure, the development of associated applications can be challenging.
The exhibit integrates the Anritsu radio communication test station MT8000A, a 5G radio frequency (RF), functional, and protocol test solution, with a DSpace Scalexio real-time system for HIL simulation or prototyping.
The simulation of test drives will be accomplished with DSpace Automotive Simulation Models (ASM) – open Simulink models for simulating the vehicle and environment, such as road, traffic and infrastructure.
A software interface was also developed to connect the Anritsu test station and control the 5G mobile data link to the back end during real-time simulation.
Gregor Hordys, responsible for connectivity at DSpace, stated: “This solution enables the early development of applications for connected and cooperative automated driving based on 5G and edge computing in the lab, without being dependent on the local infrastructure. It also allows validation of the entire vehicle-to-network processing chain.”
“This joint integration, and the power of such a solution, will provide a significant step forward for the testing and emulation of 5G V2X,” stated Jonathan Borrill, head of global market technology at Anritsu.
