Collaborative Research Project within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission

Partners :

Ibeo Automobile Sensor GmbH (until December 2009)
SICK AG (from January 2010)
BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH
Institut für Kraftfahrwesen Aachen
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA)
NEC Europe Ltd.
Signalbau Huber
TRW Ltd trading as Conekt
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Volvo Technology
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

June 2008 to May 2011

The target of the INTERSAFE-2 project is to develop and demonstrate a Cooperative Intersection Safety System (CISS) that is able to significantly reduce injury and fatal accidents at intersections. The innovative CISS combines several advanced technologies such as object recognition, relative localization, cooperative sensor fusion, and vehicular communication. The innovative CISS provides warning and intervention functions which will be shown in three demonstrator vehicles: two passenger cars and one heavy duty vehicle.

• Lead the design and implementation on the vehicular communication system for improving intersection safety
• Conduct research into scalability, robustness, and reliability of vehicular communication system for improving
  intersection safety
• Lead standardization activities (ETSI TC ITS and Car2Car Communication Consortium)

L. Le, A. Festag, R. Baldessari, and W. Zhang. Vehicular Wireless Short-Range Communication for Improving Intersection Safety in IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2009.

M. Jokela, M. Kutila, and L. Le, Road Condition Monitoring System Based on a Stereo Camera, in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing (IEEE ICCP 2009), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 2009.

L. Le, A. Festag, R. Baldessari, and W. Zhang. Vehicular Communication and Intersection Safety in Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2009, Springer, May 2009.

L. Le, A. Festag, R. Baldessari, and W. Zhang. Communication-Based Intersection Safety: Motivation, Challenges and State-of-the-Art, in the 6th International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation (WIT 2009), Hamburg, Germany, March 2009.

L. Le, A. Festag, R. Baldessari, and W. Zhang. CAR-2-X Communication in Europe, Chapter 4 in Vehicular Networks from Theory to Practice, Taylor & Francis Group, October 2008.

Official INTERSAFE-2 Web Site