The SAFETRIP Project: improving road safety for passenger vehicles using 2-way satellite communications

摘要

Satellite communication can empower ITS to deploy safety critical services and services ofthe future, while reaching an unprecedented large number of road users in an eco-friendly andeconomical way. The SafeTRIP project embraces S-Band communication, creating a powerfuland flexible open platform for services that road users need. In this paper, we firstly presentan overview of the SafeTRIP project, the salient aspects of the platform and itscommunication infrastructure. Secondly, we emphasise on the focus the project has on userneeds to shape services that would be supported by the SafeTRIP open platform. Finally, wedescribe the subset of services that have been selected on their relevance to road safety whichwill part of the trials and demonstrators within the project. We conclude by describing theroad map and the project evolution in future.