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Organized by CERES at Halmstad University in Sweden, the IEEE sponsored a workshop on wireless vehicular communications. It attracted some 40 participants both from industry and academia. The workshop featured an invited speaker, Javier Gozalvez from the University Miguel Hernandez in Spain, as well as
 presentations by researchers from Lund, Chalmers and Halmstad University in Sweden.
Cooperative systems using wireless vehicular communications to complement intelligent transport systems (ITS) currently receive a great deal of attention worldwide. One of the motivations being to reduce traffic accidents and human injuries by introducing traffic safety applications based on vehicular communications. Another is to reduce congestion, travel-time and pollution through traffic efficiency applications. The basic idea of wireless vehicular communications is to extend the horizon of awareness of the driver beyond the line of sight such that the time to react is increased.
Standardization on the topic is ongoing both within the IEEE through IEEE 802.11p, WAVE and 1609, but also in ISO and the European organization ETSI, where a systems approach which also includes a basic set of applications is being considered. Designing wireless vehicular communication systems supporting traffic safety and efficiency applications requires research on all layers of the communication stack. The workshop therefore served as a meeting point for researchers and industrial practitioners with an interest ranging from the wireless channel, through the physical and medium access control layers all the way up to the application layer.
The workshop began with Javier Gozalvez (pictured above right) presenting a two part presentation:
Part 1: Cooperative Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications: From Mobile Sensing to Data Dissemination.
Part 2: V2X Field Trials for Active Traffic Safety and Urban Radio Coverage
Thereafter followed presentations given by Swedish Researchers:
Measurements and Modeling of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Radio Channels by Johan Karedal, Lund University.
Integrating and 802.11 Physical Layer Simulator in NS-3
by Stylianos Papanastasiou, Chalmers University of Technology.
Medium Access Control in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
by Katrin Sjoberg, Halmstad University.
Evaluation of Selective Broadcast Algorithms for Safety Applications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks by Maria Kihl and Kaan Bur, Lund University.
Field Trials in Various Road Settings Using Calm M5-Based Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication by Magnus Jonsson, Halmstad University.
 Wireless Vehicle-toVehicle Communication Quality Monitoring and Analysis for Application Requirements Match by Tony Larsson, Halmstad University.
Photos by Roland Thorner. | 
