A project funded by the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs to gain insights into the value of multi-access edge computing (MEC) for connected driving have concluded with “ambiguous, yet promising” results, according to Mobile Europe.
Continental, Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer ESK, MHP and Nokia all participated in the study, testing a number of different use cases in a real-world environment such as being on public roads and in a commercial cellular network with many parallel users. Tests included an emergency warning, an end-of-traffic jam warning, a variable speed limit assistant and HD maps.
The findings of the study came to the conclusion MEC is a key enabling technology for connected driving, particularly for driving safety.