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"Connected Vehicle Implementation and Institutional..."




  • Connected Vehicle Implementation and Institutional Issues



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Implementation Needs
  • Security Back Office Functions – For issuing and management of security credentials and certificate management
  • Communications Network – Necessary after first three years for updating certificates and certificate revocation lists to all valid system users
  • Applications Infrastructure – Infrastructure specifically for V2I safety (DSRC) or V2I mobility (other options)
  • On Board Equipment – Interoperable equipment in vehicles to enable communication with the vehicle for above functions


  • All require sustainable funding
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Communications System for Security
  • Four scenarios currently exploring:
    • Mostly cellular system
    • Mostly cellular with some installation of DSRC RSE
    • “All DSRC”
    • CAMP Phased Deployment Scenarios


    • All findings based on preliminary consultant analysis.
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Communications System for Security
  • Cost Drivers:
    • Communications costs appear to be substantially greater than the costs of operating the certificate management entity.
    • On-Board Equipment (OBE): significant cost in all scenarios
      • Interaction with security system requires different cellular modem in the vehicles than exist today
      • DSRC network requires two DSRC radios
      • Costs vary slightly for each scenario due to differing subcomponents and power consumption needs


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Communications System for Security
  • Cost Drivers (Continued):
    • Cellular: significant cost in scenarios that rely on it for delivery of certificates and revocation lists
      • Highly sensitive to changes in misbehavior rate, data size, and peak pricing
      • Insufficient coverage in rural and some other areas
      • Appears to have significantly higher cost than other scenarios
        • Biggest cost driver: delivery of the certificate revocation list
    • Satellite Radio:
      • Broadcast capability only
      • Potentially lowers cellular costs when used to distribute the CRL



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Communications System for Security
  • Cost Drivers (Continued):
    • Roadside Equipment (RSE): significant cost in the “all DSRC” scenario
      • For an “All DSRC” scenario, the number of RSEs nationwide depends on risk tolerance and coverage requirements:
        • Estimates vary from 1300 RSEs to150,000 RSEs
        • Unanswered Questions:
          • What level of coverage is acceptable?
          • How frequently must a vehicle interact with the system?
      • CAMP Phased Deployment Scenario
        • Delays costs but doesn’t necessarily change ultimate needs

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Communications System for Security
  • Technical Performance and Implementation Challenges
    • Certificate Revocation List Distribution
      • Technically demanding for DRSC scenario (increases CME back office costs but not necessarily DSRC network costs)
      • Most significant cost driver for cellular cost scenarios
      • “Misbehavior” rate determines size of CRL
    • DSRC RSE Installation, Operation and Maintenance
      • Significant challenges for DRSC options
      • Placement in state or locally owned equipment cabinets and rights-of-way would require a significant implementation permitting, coordination and system integration effort
      • Placement of RSE on private property may be an alternative but would also require a strategy for implementation


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Applications Infrastructure
  • Needs for V2I Safety Applications
  • Needs for Mobility and Environmental Applications
  • AASHTO National Connected Vehicle Field Infrastructure Footprint Analysis
    • Preliminary concept for field infrastructure deployed by state & local agencies
    • Could be used by private consortia to design, build, operate, finance
    • Compelling justification of agency value
    • Provide tools for engaging state agencies
    • Bring into focus applications that are of the greatest value to agencies
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Legal Policy - Scope of Authority
  • NHTSA has authority to support:
    • Key aspects of V2V communications
    • Regulation of critical equipment, messages and applications if related to safety
    • Provision of the security required to support a V2V rule by a non-Federal entity, as through a procurement or other form of agreement or indirectly via a V2V regulation
  • FHWA does not have authority to require installation of roadside infrastructure
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Questions
  • Does a secure system for two-way data communication to vehicles have value for commercial purposes as well as for safety?
  • What factors influence this value?
  • What are potential business models to support a security system for active safety?