José Montserrat, from UPV’s Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications, said: “The novelty is that it allows the continual adjustment of waveforms in such a way that vehicles can communicate with each other, thereby overcoming the hurdle of not having a set station for communication.”
The system includes three programmable cards, each with a high performance FPGA to integrate different waveforms, and four antennas. These cards will allow direct communication between vehicles, as well as the integration of intervehicular communications into conventional mobile communication systems.
The system has been developed as part of the EC funded METIS-II project, which is researching the efficient integration and use of various 5G technologies and components. One of its goals is to optimise the performance and interconnection of in vehicle mobile communications systems and to improve road safety.
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