At the AECC 2024 All Member Meeting on October 23, 2024, in Berlin, Germany, AECC members shared demos spotlighting AECC Proof of Concepts. 

Cooperation for Automation, presented by Toyota Motor North America

The goal for this demo was to enable connected vehicles to share plans and cooperate for safer roads and mobility. 

Vulnerable Road User Awareness & GLOSA via STEP, presented by Vodafone and Toyota Motor Europe 

The goal for this demo was to demonstrate how the Vodafone STEP service can utilize edge compute to support VRU awareness and GLOSA C-ITS use cases. 

Real-time Precise Positioning with Edge and 5G, presented by Toyota Motor Europe R&D 4 TPI, Orange and HERE Technologies 

The goal for this demo involves computing, at the Edge, vehicle precise position and broadcasting via V2X MQTT Broker in 5G.

Key points include:

  • Enabling new enhanced services thanks to the low latency capabilities of 5G and EDGE.
  • Real-time awareness, and precise position information shared as V2X messages.
  • Positioning as a self-hosted service running in a Docker image on EDGE or Cloud, using GNSS correction data and car sensors for VDR (Vehicle Dead Reckoning).

Hierarchical Edge AI, presented by Toyota Motor Corporation, Techno-Accel Networks Corporation

The goal of this demo was to share raw data between vehicles, as this increases network traffic and server processing load.

Hierarchical Edge AI:

  • Reduces traffic by abstracting raw data into metadata 
  • Mitigates computation load by distributing each AI process

AI Agents Utilizing End-to-End LLMs, presented by Toyota Motor Corporation, KDDI, and Oracle

The goal for this demo was to illustrate an AI agent system that would be used with an intelligent digital cockpit. This demo developed a voice-interactive AI agent prototype utilizing multiple LLMs across cloud, network edge sites, and vehicle devices.

EMQX Platform and Cluster Linking, presented by EMQX Inc. and Toyota Motor Corporation

The goal for this demo was to address TCP’s shortcomings on fast-moving devices, providing faster, more flexible, and secure communications compared to traditional TCP. 

MQTT over QUIC, presented by EMQX Inc. and Toyota Motor Corporation

The goal for this demo was to address TCP’s shortcomings on fast-moving devices, providing faster, more flexible, and secure communications compared to traditional TCP. 

Optimizing 5G and Edge Resource for Mobility Services, presented by Ericsson and Toyota Motor Corporation 

The goal for this demo was to continually optimize the resources of 5G and edge networks according to the requirements of different mobility services. 

V2X Network Digital Twin, presented by Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Central R&D Labs

The goal for this demo was to enable uninterrupted network services for connected vehicles. Specifically, to monitor and predict the network quality of service (QoS) by V2X Network Digital Twin, and proactively apply countermeasures in case of possible QoS degradation.

Optimized Connectivity Using Predictive Performance & QoS on Demand for Connected Vehicles, presented by AT&T Connected Solutions and Ericsson

Together, AT&T and Ericsson are exploring advanced network capabilities to ensure optimal network connectivity in mission critical scenarios where both vehicles and connected infrastructure demand consistently reliable network performance.

The objectives include:

  • Demonstrate near real-time predictive network performance for connected vehicles.
  • Invoke QoS on demand when predicted network Performance KPIs are below the required
  • threshold.
  • Demonstrate that the realized network performance is better than predicted because of QoS change.

IRIGATE (Intelligent, Reliable, Innovative, Global, Advanced, Transport, Engine): Replaceable Next Generation Connected System, presented by SORACOM, CTC (ITOCHU Techno-Solutions, and Toyota

The challenge of connected cars is that cars are usable for 20 years but telecom standards update every 10 years. Once the device is installed, the IoT rate will not be updated to support high-capacity communications. 

With this system, all cars, not only new cars but also used cars, can be converted to connected cars at the user’s will in any country or region. The system can also absorb every 10-year cellular generation changes and can remain connected as long as the user brings a smartphone into their car. 

Dynamic Slice Switching via Telco API, presented by KDDI and Toyota

The goal for this demo was to address the issue that mobile networks require flexibility and speed to provide user-centric communication services. CAMARA APIs quickly reflect user requirements and 5g network slicing enables MNOs to provision networks that are appropriate for these requirements.

Edge Traffic Steering via Telco API, presented by Toyota, KDDI, and Oracle

Dynamic traffic steering to the appropriate edge DC is required based on the load of the Edge DC and the vehicle application requirements. The goal of this demo was to coordinate the traffic distribution mechanisms for both mobile and edge DC networks via CAMARA API.

Next generation of 5G & API enabled Cars, presented by Ericsson and Toyota

The goal of this demo was to introduce 5G differentiated connectivity and network APIs to support Toyota’s mission to transform from being a car manufacturing company to a mobility service provider.

Autonomous Vehicle Enablement Via CSPs Network APIs, presented by Ericsson, NTT DATA, and Toyota

The goal of this demo was to explore gaining regulatory and consumer confidence for autonomous and remote-driven vehicles and unblocking a $3.5 trillion revenue opportunity. This raises the need for consistent data traffic flow. While relying on dedicated private networks provides a guaranteed solution, it’s not always available or cost-efficient for all scenarios. CSP Network APIs can provide a dynamic change of data traffic flow priority on the network in real-time, thus assuring consistent and reliable connection for vehicles

Open Gateway as Use Case accelerator and Technology Ecosystem Enabler, presented by NTT DATA

The goal of this demo was to present Open Gateway as an innovation engine, accelerating use cases and empowering an ecosystem of system integrators, automotive OEMs, network operators, and telecom vendors.

Through CAMARA telco APIs, application providers (e.g., automotive industry) can access core telco services—such as data traffic management, user location, mobile payments, user identification, and notifications—achieving simplified access to telco services.

Service-Oriented Vehicle Diagnostics (SOVD), presented by Toyota, DENSO Corporation, and Vector Japan Co., LTD.

The goal of this demo was to show that SOVD will realize remote vehicle diagnostics and information gathering without hardware-based testers or OEM-proprietary APIs (Classic UDS requires OEM-proprietary testers) The demo showed the remote vehicle diagnostics for the actual ECU using ASAM SOVD API.

Green Connected Platform Field Trial, presented by KDDI, Cisco Systems, and Toyota

The goal of this demo was to achieve a connected infrastructure for a green mobility society, including:

  • Optimizing energy usage by prioritizing green energy sources.
  • Reducing power consumption at the edge using immersion servers in a small container DC.
  • Enabling seamless and secure Wi-Fi roaming using OpenRoaming in distributed networks.

Towards Safe Mobility, presented by KDDI and Toyota

The goal of this demo was to realize safe mobility using V2X technology. It presents the ideas of smartphones and their GNSS positions to be used for vulnerable road user protection, and in-vehicle agents are extended to understand self-driving car intention.