Ilker Demirkol

ilker.demirkol@upc.edu
“Learn key ICT solutions for automotive vehicles”

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 Prof. Agregat@EMIT as of 2020
 Postdoc@UPC: 2011-2019
 Postdoc@Univ. of Rochester, NY: 2008-2011
 Research interests:
 Mobile Networks
 Networking solutions for Internet of Things
 Developing, performance analysis and optimization of the
communication protocols

https://ilkerdemirkol.github.io
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 Socrative.com -> Login -> Student Login -> Room: EPSEM

 A) I know…, B) I’ve heard… , C) No idea… what is :

 ECU
 LiDAR
 eCall
 V2X
 OBD
 Android Automotive OS
 RFID
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 GQ: What is ICT? Give examples of IT and CT.

 ICT is the electronic and non-electronic technologies and

infrastructure systems used to:
 create, store, process, retrieve information
▪ Computers, DVDs, ECUs, …
 and communicate or disseminate this information
▪ Radio, television, …
▪ Wi-Fi, Fiber-optics, mobile networks, …

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 GQ: What keywords would you use to search for ICT
tech./solutions in Automotive Vehicles?

 No unique business/research domain, nomenclature

 “Intelligent Transportation Systems”
 “Vehicular Networks”
 “Connected Vehicle”
 “Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)”
 “Autonomous Vehicles”
 “Smart City”!

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 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
 “The U.S. DOT’s ITS program focuses on intelligent vehicles,
intelligent infrastructure and the creation of an intelligent
transportation system through integration with and between these
two components.”

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 ERTICO:
 Public-private partnership of 120 companies and organisations
▪ Vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, public authorities, mobile network
operators, research organizations, …

 Founded in 1991 at the initiative of 15 industry leaders and the EC

▪ to fill the gap between R&D of mobility services on roads

 To date, organized 38 ITS European and World Congresses

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 US DOT:
 “ITS improves transportation safety and mobility and enhances
productivity through the use of advanced information and
communications technologies”

 ERTICO:
 “ITS is the integration of information and communications
technology with transport infrastructure, vehicles and users”

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 TC ITS@ETSI targets standardization of Co-operative ITS communication:
 Management, Security, Communication protocols
 Specifications to protect vulnerable road users
 …

 Involved in the related spectrum requirements

 Develops conformance test specifications
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 On the news (11 Dec. 2019):
 “First ETSI C-V2X interoperability event: success rate of 95%
achieved”

 Participants included:
 Eight On-Board Units: Bosch, Ficosa, Huawei, LGE, Qualcomm, …
 Five Test Equipment Vendors: Keysight, Rhode & Schwarz, …

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 Many conferences, scientific journals, etc.

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 Focuses on the communication from/to vehicle
 Vehicle is a “network node”
 aka. VANET:
 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

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 Has been an intensive research domain…
 For many years:
▪ IEEE Tr. on Vehicular Technology since 1967

 Recently, significant commercial interest:

 “Volvo To Test 5G Automotive Applications
With China Unicom”
 “Aeris and Volkswagen form new joint
venture to develop connected-car
technology”
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 Huge commercial interest
 Google, Tesla, and almost all automakers…

 The ICT is the main enabler!

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 Intermediate solutions, e.g.:
 Locomation

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 A very interdisciplinary topic:
 This is good, …
▪ but also challenging!

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 Once upon a time…

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 None!
 Many “Autonomous Vehicles” courses
 Many “Automotive Electronics” courses
 Several “Connected Vehicle” courses
 MS in Smart, Connected, and Autonomous Vehicles (Univ. of
Warwick, UK)

 No such book either!

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When the student finishes this course, [s]he will be able to:
 Compare key intra-vehicle communication solutions
 Analyze intra-vehicle communication protocol messages
 Contrast the vehicle global connectivity technologies
 Experiment the user-vehicle interface communication solutions
 Describe autonomous vehicle components and their development
challenges
 Report security issues of current ICT technologies used in vehicles
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 Quiz [Atenea]:
 Which objective is the most important/interesting one for you?

 Would you define another objective? Which one?

▪ ICT-related!!

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 Introduction
 Technological components of a vehicle
 Connected vehicles: Connectivity within and between vehicles, to
Internet
 Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
 Fundamentals of communication
 Internet architecture, the OSI standard

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 Intra-vehicle communications
 Standards and protocols
▪ CAN, LIN, FlexRay, MOST, Ethernet
▪ On-board Diagnostics (OBD)
▪ Unified Diagnostic Services (UDS)

 Global connectivity of a vehicle and Vehicle-user communication

 Fundamentals of wireless communication and networks
 Vehicle-user communication and vehicle-user interface
 Mobile networks, WiFi
 GPS, RFID, eCall
 Remote KEYLESS Entry

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 Vehicle-vehicle communication
 Communication V2X
 LTE C-V2X, 4G / 5G D2D
 DSRC, IEEE 802.11p

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 Principles of autonomous driving
 Development of automotive software
 Software architectures
 Sensors and actuators
 Artificial intelligence for autonomous
vehicles
 Cybersecurity

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 Class hours:
 Theory: Wed 15:00-18:00 (No class next week!)
 Lab: Fri @ Lab d’Electrònica (2nd floor)

 Office (Consultation) hours:

 Wed 12:00-15:00

 Teaching platform: Atenea

 PDF slides, relevant documents (pdf or web pages)
 Quiz
 Grades
 Group communication
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 Objectives:
 Analyze messages intra-vehicle communication protocols
 Experiment the user-vehicle interface communication solutions

 Carried out in groups of two people

 BYOL

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 Quiz (%37,5)
 Final Exam (37,5%)
 LAB Evaluations (25%)

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 AVALUACIÓ DE LES COMPETÈNCIES TRANSVERSALS

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 Main:
 Gilbert Held, “Inter- and Intra-Vehicle Communications”, CRC Press, ISBN 9781420052213, 2008.
 Markus Mueck and Ingolf Karls, “Networking Vehicles to Everything,” ISBN 978-1-5015-1572-9,
from Grruter Press, Boston, 2017.

 Complementary:
 Craig Smith, “Car Hacker's Handbook: A Guide for the Penetration Tester,” 304 pp. ISBN-13: 978-
1-59327-703-1, No Starch Press, 2016.
 William B. Ribbens, “Understanding Automotive Electronics: An Engineering Perspective”, 8th
Edition, ISBN: 978-0-12-810434-7, Elsevier, 2017.
 Miroslaw Staron, “Automotive Software Architectures”, Springer, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-58609-0

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 "He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes;
he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever."
- Chinese proverb

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