Keynote Speech III by Victor C.M. Leung

Wireless technologies are enabling vehicles to be connected to each and to roadside infrastructures and providing an important platform for innovations in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). This presentation reports on the implementation of the Automotive test bed for Reconfigurable and Optimized Radio Access (AURORA) on the campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC), which is a part of the CDN$1.3M ACTIVE-AURORA network of test beds funded by the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative of the Canadian Government with the objective of providing a platform for investigating and implementing innovative Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies and helping to propel Canada to the forefront of ITS research. The Laboratory for Wireless Networks and Mobile System (WiNMoS) has been engaged in research on wireless-enabled connected vehicle systems since 2008. Before we describe the motivations, development plan, and current implementation status of the AURORA test bed, we shall introduce CV technologies and applications, and review some of WiNMoS´ research results on wireless ITS.