Anritsu and dSPACE accelerate 5G automotive developments
At next month’s Mobile World Congres, Anritsu and dSpace will demonstrate the integration of a 5G network emulator in a hardware in the loop (HIL) system to develop next generation automotive applications for connected vehicles.
The exhibit showcase integrates the Anritsu Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A, an all-in-one 5G radio frequency (RF), functional, and protocol test solution, with a dSpace Scalexio real-time system for demanding HIL simulation or rapid prototyping.
For a realistic test of a V2X device and application, Scalexio is complemented by the simulation of virtual test drives with dSpace Automotive Simulation Models (ASM) – open Simulink models for simulating the vehicle and environment, such as road, traffic and infrastructure. A dedicated software interface connects the Anritsu test station and controls the 5G mobile data link to the back end during real-time simulation.
The system demonstrates the virtual test drives required for end-to-end testing of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) applications for traffic optimisation and sensor sharing and is powered by realistic simulation of the vehicle and the environment with smart infrastructure and 5G communication.
The combination of 5G and edge cloud, which promises high data throughputs and low latencies, could allow for new applications, such as sharing raw sensor data with vehicles and infrastructure, Anritsu proposes. This can enable co-operative perception, swarm intelligence based on shared artificial intelligence (AI) or real-time traffic optimisation.
All of these functions and systems rely on a suitable 5G test bed infrastructure.
Gregor Hordys, responsible for connectivity at dSpace, said: “This solution enables the early development of applications for connected and cooperative automated driving based on 5G and edge computing in the lab, without being dependent on the local infrastructure. It also allows validation of the entire vehicle-to-network processing chain.”
“This joint integration, and the power of such a solution, will provide a significant step forward for the testing and emulation of 5G V2X,” said Jonathan Borrill, head of global market technology at Anritsu, describing it as a “very exciting platform for the development of 5G V2X applications”.
Visit Anritsu at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2020, in Barcelona, Spain (24 to 27 February) in Hall 6, stand F40.
