Connected Vehicle Insights: Trends in Roadway Domain Active Sensing

The report analyzes the merits and limits of active sensing technologies (Radar, LIDAR and Ultrasonic detectors)  and how the demands for such technologies is evolving.  Of all the roadway domain active sensing technologies, vehicular radar is the best at detecting typical driving conflicts representing the most common crash risks and thus likely will serve as a key component of collision avoidance systems in many next generation smart vehicles. The report examines how future Vehicle-to-Vehicle communications and Active Traffic Management techniques will improve and complement active sensing in vehicle crash avoidance and driving automation.