Objectives and Challenges

• Communication protocols and data security algorithms for inter-vehicle ad hoc communication systems
• To support active safety applications, infotainment applications with infrastructure and between vehicles
  Active safety scenario

  Electronic payment
• Radio systems based on IEEE 802.11 technology
• Standardization on European level with the Car2Car Communication Consortium
• Implementation of a reference system
• Planning of introduction strategies and business models
  

• Specification of position based routing and forwarding protocols
• Adaption of wireless LAN under realistic radio conditions
  Scalable forwarding and multihop routing protocols for city, open land and expressway.
• Fundamental questions on vehicular antennas
  Design of antenna concepts
• Data security in vehicular ad hoc networks
• Secure and fast communication between vehicles