Cross-cutting Issues

NEC developed new equipment for communication between cars. We are going to
investigate a wireless link layer and a routing network layer in a field test by the equipment.
In the wireless link layer, new technology of Wireless LAN is used. In the network layer, a
routing protocol Geocast is used. These technologies and the effects for ITS are explained.

ITS Business Promotion Center, NEC Corporation

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The advent of Intelligent Transportation Systems has created an issue of how to interface on board ITS devices to a vehicle. One solution to this issue has been to create a Gateway between ITS devices and a vehicle’s electrical systems. The Gateway idea has, in turn, created its own issues. This paper discusses the idea of a Vehicle Gateway Interface (VGI) as one possible derivation of a Gateway, and the operation of a VGI prototype. Also described is the successful implementation of a VGI into a demo vehicle, and the future usage and considerations for a VGI device.

DaimlerChrysler AG

Presented at the 10th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, May 1-4, 2000 Boston, MA

Yellow Page (YP) information is playing an important role in business communication since the  service has been familiar with general public for over 50 years in Taiwan. YP Service is continuously improved with the modern technology from early directory service to modern electronic service. Now, the YP service can be served as the information exchanging for  customers, which just matches the spirit of Web 2.0. With more possible guest, it will be welcome  for young people and early bird services. There are several query methods of YP information:
by directory looking up, by phone call, or by web browser. In this paper, a location base  personalized YP service is designed and proposed for more active, gentle and convenient YP services in the future.

ChungHwa Telecom Labs.

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

At least 30 major cities and metropolitan areas in the U.S. have implemented real-time traffic-information web sites to provide pretrip traffic information. Although many web-sitedesign guidelines exist, no design guidelines were found specific to the construction of traffic-information web sites. The project upon which this paper was based set out to develop such guidelines. In the process, 4 methods used to help design a usable web site were evaluated: (1) user analysis, (2) heuristic evaluation, (3) guideline application, and (4) user testing. This paper describes the major findings from each method and the strengths and weaknesses identified for each method. Although there were distinct benefits from each method, guidelines use and user testing were found to be the most beneficial methods given the likely resources available in the Traffic Management Center (TMC) to develop a traffic-information web site.

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd.

Presented at the 10th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, May 1-4, 2000 Boston, MA

The automotive industry and the automotive Telematics sector in particular have come a long
way and the introduction of communications-based information systems is finally becoming a
reality. An increasing number of factory installed head units are supporting a wide range of realtime
information feeds for mobility, convenience and Infotainment applications. The increasing
amount of dynamic information poses challenges that need to be carefully considered in order to
avoid information overload and driver distraction. This paper provides a basic approach for
dealing with dynamic, integrated and open communications based information systems by
centrally managing HMI resources and granting HMI resources based on a well-defined and
centrally governed priority scheme. The proposed priority scheme depicted hereafter has been
implemented in the VII-C Proof of Concept.

Delphi Electronics and Safety

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York