FNC 2010 - the Fully Networked Car Workshop on information and communication technologies in motor vehicles FNC-2010

Workshop on information and communication technologies in motor vehicles

The car industry is undergoing major changes with new services and applications in areas such as safety and security, navigation, car maintenance, fl eet management, mobile offi ce and entertainment. These changes represent signifi cant opportunitiesâ?¦ and some challenges. Standardization is seen as a major issue.

For the fifth year running, ITU1, ISO2 and IEC3 will bring together the key players involved in the development of these standards, as well as other key industry fi gures for the Fully Networked Car Workshop at Geneva International Motor Show, 3 and 4 March 2010. Collaboration and coordination is â?“ all parties agree â?“ essential.

With this call for abstracts presentations are sought that address system capabilities to support applications and services in the Fully Networked Car.

Given communications capabilities, cars can foresee and avoid collisions, navigate the quickest route to their destination, make use of up-to-the-minute traffi c reports, identify the nearest available parking slot, minimize their carbon emissions and provide multimedia communications. Furthermore, environmental concerns have led to the development of new forms of propulsion, such as hybrid, plug-in, electric and fuel cell. The information and communications technology (ICT) community, for its part, is moving towards Internet protocol (IP) based managed networks with the implementation of next generation networks (NGNs).

Given the potential of these new technologies for both the car and the ICT communities, it is essential for both parties to understand the requirements for fully networked cars and agree on the solutions to be provided by the network platforms.

interoperability between the life time of a car and the rapid evolution of relevant ICT technologies (e.g. wireless networks), a key factor for broad penetration of these new facilities will also be the availability of global standards.

In 2010, a special session at the Fully Networked Car will give executives from these different communities an opportunity to present high-level perspectives and strategies regarding the present and future use of ICT in cars.

Presentations are sought that address system capabilities to support applications and services in the following modes of communications:

Vehicle-to-vehicle
Vehicle-to-infrastructure
Vehicle-to-home
Vehicle-to-power-grid
In-vehicle
The topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Area 1: The car industryâ?™s perspective
From the car industryâ?™s viewpoint, what are the main requirements for telecommunications providers and standardization bodies?
What are the requirements from a user perspective?
How does the next generation network (NGN) support applications and services in the fully networked car?
What global standards are needed to ensure interoperability and interworking?
What regulatory aspects (e.g. security, privacy) have to be considered in the development of global standards?
Area 2: ICT and Climate Change
What are the requirements for the new propulsion technologies (electric cars and hybrid systems) for the different communication modes (e.g. vehicle to power grid)?
What standards are needed to reduce the impact of cars on climate change (directly and indirectly)?
Area 3: Wireless Systems and Technologies
What are the requirements for existing and new wireless systems to support fully networked cars and applications?
What global standards are needed for software defined radio and cognitive radio systems?
What is the role of RFID and sensors in fully networked cars and what is their impact on wireless access technologies (short-range devices (SRD), ultra wide band (UWB), millimetre wave integrated radiocommunication systems) and communication modes?
Area 4: Long term perspective
What evolution of mobile services and applications can be expected?
What are the trends in car technologies (material, design) and their impact on communications capabilities?
What evolution of network platforms (e.g. vehicles and ad hoc networks) should be expected and what impact will this evolution have on global standards?
The standardization arm of ITU, ITU-T, is considering services and applications of fully networked cars as an important part of the NGN concept. High level requirements for intelligent transport systems (ITS) are also under consideration in several organizations (please see the website for related documentation).

Authors wishing to submit a proposal for a presentation should submit a one-page abstract, including the title of the presentation, the authorâ?™s full name, affi liation, a short biography, address, telephone and e-mail, to tsbcar-AT-itu.int by 1 December 2009.

Demonstrations are also welcome. Please include a short description with the abstract.

Authors will be notifi ed of the acceptance of their papers by 15 December 2009.

The accepted presentations shall be submitted by 31 January 2010.

For event sponsorship and exposure possibilities, please contact tsbcar-AT-itu.int.