ES-PT, Remote Driving, Automated shuttle remote driving across borders

Use Case Category: Remote Driving
User Story: Automated shuttle remote driving across borders
Location: Spain-Portugal (ES-PT) cross-border corridor

According to 3GPP TS 22.186 R16, Remote Driving “enables a remote driver or a V2X application to operate a remote vehicle for those passengers who cannot drive themselves or a remote vehicle located in dangerous environments. For a case where variation is limited, and routes are predictable, such as public transportation, driving based on cloud computing can be used. In addition, access to cloud-based back-end service platform can be considered for this use case group”.

User Story: Automated shuttle remote driving across borders

This use case is focussed in the deployment of last mile EV Automated shuttle vehicles in different environments:

· Cross Border environment: The shuttle will cover a route between Spain and Portugal connecting the cities of Tui and Valença through the old international bridge.

· Urban environment: The shuttle will cover a route in the city of Vigo.

For both environments, we will consider these two scenarios:

· Scenario 1: Cooperative automated operation: In this scenario, the EV Autonomous shuttle is able to receive information coming from other actors (like a Vulnerable Road User) and adapt its behaviour according to specific needs.

· Scenario 2: Remote Control: In this scenario the EV autonomous vehicle is driving following a predefined route, and suddenly an obstacle appears in its path blocking the original route. In this situation, an operator is alarmed, and he/she is able to remotely take the control of the EV autonomous vehicle or issue a set of new navigation commands in order to handle a new route.