The amount allocated to the project is part of the aid intended for experimental development projects of 5G applications and services that contribute to the digital transformation of key economic sectors, such as infrastructure.
According to Anna Carreras, coordinator of this project for Autopistas, “ projects like DIMOS 5G allow us to take a step forward in the implementation of sustainable and connected infrastructures by testing technical solutions for the deployment of advanced mobility services with technologies such as 5G, wireless connection for vehicles and the use of digital twins, seeking increasingly efficient and safe driving and reducing emissions from urban and interurban transport.”
“Through the DIMOS-5G project, we have the opportunity to expand our research and development efforts on vehicle digital twins, equipping them with the necessary capacity to receive more detailed information from future connected and autonomous vehicles and thus generate more precise decisions, compatible with the next level of intelligent, sustainable, and cooperative driving. Thanks to the nature of the real-world validation environment, the system can be subjected to the most demanding tests that road infrastructure must withstand to support next-generation use cases. The results will allow us to analyze potential contributions to the standardization of new vehicle-to-infrastructure messaging, improve strategy generation and validation mechanisms, and propose recommendations on the geometry of future critical road infrastructure,” explains Bruno Cordero, principal investigator of DIMOS 5G and researcher in the V2X research line at the i2CAT Foundation.
Experimental deployment of communications using 5G
The DIMOS 5G project includes the experimental deployment of a connected infrastructure on the C-32 highway, featuring a 5G communications network and wireless connectivity technology for vehicles. This experimental development will allow for the analysis of the impact of this type of 5G infrastructure in critical road environments, such as tunnels, spaces where the capabilities offered by this technology will be crucial for enabling new services for the mobility of the future.
The project integrates various advanced mobility monitoring and management technologies (such as those based on the concept of a digital vehicle twin, infrastructure equipped with traffic sensors and information panels) with others for the wireless connection of vehicles (based on 5G and C-V2X/PC5) that allow the deployment of connected mobility services for the comprehensive and intelligent management of road traffic, and in particular, on sections of intercity roads with tunnels.
Safe and sustainable mobility
DIMOS 5G will allow progress towards a smoother, safer and more sustainable driving model thanks to the improvement in road safety and the reduction of environmental impact made possible by new flow optimization and prevention techniques generated through the use of digital twins.
The project also includes a pilot to evaluate the performance of cooperative, connected and automated driving, known as CCAM, through the deployment and analysis of the operation of connected vehicles and their interaction with the infrastructure, in this case with a tunnel.
Use cases
Within the framework of the DIMOS 5G project, three use cases will be carried out to demonstrate the technological solutions developed by the research staff. The first will focus on road safety, aiming to verify the improvement of traffic management in congestion situations and road incidents, through the use of a digital twin. The second will focus on mitigating the environmental impacts of road traffic, also thanks to the use of a digital twin, which will allow for the prediction of potential pollution events and the optimization of traffic management to reduce transport emissions. The third case will focus on ensuring the priority of emergency vehicles in the event of an accident within a tunnel, and will allow for testing the connectivity of systems and between vehicles in complex environments.
