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|intro text=sim<sup>TD</sup> will put the results of previous research projects into practice. For this purpose realistic traffic [[Scenario|scenario]]s will be addressed in a large-scale test field infrastructure around the Hessian city of Frankfurt am Main. The project will also pave the way for the political, economic and technological framework to successfully set up car-to-car and car-to infrastructure communication.

To achieve those objectives, numerous automotive and telecommunication companies, the Hessian state government and renowned universities and research institutions have partnered up. The Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the Ministry for Education and Research as well as the Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Affairs are funding and supporting the project.

The project started in September 2008 and will run for four years: [http://www.simtd.de/index.dhtml/004c5182e864f962848g/-/enEN/-/CS/-/Mission/Zeitplan sim<sup>TD</sup> schedule]

'''Key milestones of the project'''

'''2008.09 - 2010.06 Phase 1''': Definition and planning of the overall [[System|system]] and setup of [[System|system]] components

'''2010.06 - 2011.06 Phase 2''': Equipment of test fleet and test region

'''2011.06 - 2012.09 Phase 3''': Customer-oriented large-scale field operational trial and evaluation

[http://www.simtd.de/index.dhtml/004c5182e864f962848g/-/enEN/-/CS/-/Mission/Zeitplan sim<sup>TD</sup> schedule]

[http://www.simtd.de/index.dhtml/5751501e8c295330953f/-/deDE/-/CS/-/# Video (In German)]
|name=SIMTD
|logo=SimTD-text_color_positiv.jpg
|Is type of=Field operational test
|Tested system or service=Cooperative Systems\
|country=Germany,
|start=09/2008
|end=2012
|number of vehicles=400
|number of partners=17
|contact=Benjamin Oberkersch
|website=http://www.simtd.de
|e-mail=benjamin.oberkersch@daimler.com
|company=Daimler
|companyAdditionalInfo=Germany
|Start Date and duration of FOT execution=The FOT execution and evaluation (phase 3) is planned to start in June 2011 and to last 15 months up to the end of the project in September 2012.
|Geographical Coverage=The sim<sup>TD</sup> test field is located in the Frankfurt-Rhine-Main area, in the Hesse Region. This area is an important German traffic hub with major traffic generators such as the Frankfurt Airport, the Frankfurt Trade Fare and the stadium. The area is characterised by high traffic density and therefore allow experiments on all road safety and traffic efficiency [[Function|function]]s under normal everyday conditions. [http://www.simtd.de/dyn/mediaout.dhtml/004c5182e864f962848g/mime/PDFs_Grafiken/TestField-complete/simTD_test-field_EN03_complete.pdf Map of the sim<sup>TD</sup> test field.]
|Link with other related Field Operational Tests=[[COOPERS]], [[aktiv]]
|Objectives=sim<sup>TD</sup> is pursuing the following principle objectives:
*Increased road safety and improved efficiency of the existing traffic [[System|system]] through the use of car-to-x communication
*Definition and validation of a roll-out [[Scenario|scenario]] for the identified [[Function|function]]s and [[Application|application]]s for scientific questions through practice-oriented experiments and field operational tests
*Consolidation of car-to-x [[Function|function]]s from the categories of traffic efficiency, driving and safety as well as value-added services
*Definition, analysis, specification and documentation of those [[Function|function]]s that are to be developed and tested, as well as of the resulting requirements for the overall [[System|system]] for selected [[Function|function]]s and tests within sub-project 1
*Development of test and validation metrics and methods in each phase of the overall [[System|system]] development in order to allow measurement and evaluation of the results
*Consolidation and harmonisation of requirements from the perspective of feasibility and performance as well as their compatibility of requirements within the sub-projects
*Verification of [[Function|function]]s and requirements within the context of individual milestones
|Results=As a first major result, the following [[Function|function]]s (see [[SIM-TD#Applications tested|applications]]) were selected  by the consortium partners for implementation, among three categories: traffic, driving and safety, and value-added services.
|Main events=
'''2008.09.8-9''' [http://www.simtd.de/index.dhtml/414c529f2e123f54560u/-/enEN/-/CS/-/news/events/news/200903_Event-02 Kick-off of sim<sup>TD</sup> project, Ingolstadt (DE).]

'''2008.12.16''' [http://www.simtd.de/index.dhtml/414c529f2e123f54560u/-/enEN/-/CS/-/news/news/news/200905_nn03 Workshop on the selection of functions, Kaiserslautern (DE).]

'''2009.10.01''' [http://www.simtd.de/index.dhtml/414c529f2e123f54560u/-/enEN/-/CS/-/news/events/news/201002_Konsortialtreffen First General Assembly, Wuerzburg (DE).]
|Budget and summary====Overall===
69 Mio EUR

===Public===
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology: 19,8 Mio EUR

Federal Ministry of Education and Research: 10,8 Mio EUR

Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development: 7,8 Mio EUR

State of Hessen: 7,8 Mio EUR

===Private===
22,8 Mio EUR
|partners and persons=*Public Authorities: Hessian State Office for Road and Traffic Affairs, City of Frankfurt/ Main

*Industry:
**Vehicle Manufacturer: Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, Opel, Volkswagen
**Supplier: Bosch, Continental
**Network Operator: Deutsche Telekom

*Users: none

*Universities: Berlin Technical University, Munich Technical University, Saarbruecken University of Applied Sciences (HTW), Wuerzburg University

*Research Institutes: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Fraunhofer

*Supporting Organisations: German Automobile Industry Association, Car2Car Communication Consortium


'''Project Coordinator'''

Dr Christian Weiss, Daimler AG

[mailto:Christian.A.Weiss@daimler.com Christian.A.Weiss@daimler.com]

+49.7031 4389 550

'''Public Relations'''

Benjamin Oberkersch, Daimler AG

[mailto:benjamin.oberkersch@daimler.com benjamin.oberkersch@daimler.com]

+49.711 1793 307
|Applications tested=;Traffic
:Monitoring of traffic situation and complementary information/basic [[Function|function]]s
::*Data collection in the infrastructure side
::*Data collection by the vehicle
::*Identification of road weather
::*Identification of traffic situation
::*Identification of traffic events/[[Incident|incident]]s
:Traffic (flow) information and navigation
::*Foresighted road/traffic information
::*Road works information [[System|system]]
::*Advanced route guidance and navigation
:Traffic management
::*Alternative route Management
::*Optimised urban network usage based  on traffic light control
::*Local traffic-adapted signal control
;Driving and Safety
:Local Danger Alert
::*Obstacle warning
::*congestion warning
::*Road Weather Alert
::*Emergency vehicle warning
:Driving Assistance
::*In-vehicle signage/traffic rule violation warning
::*Traffic light phase assiustant / Traffic light violation warning
::*Extended electronic brake light
::*Intersection and cross traffic assistance
;Additional services
:Internet access and local information services
::*Internet-based usage of services 
::*Location-dependent services
|Vehicle=The overall sim<sup>TD</sup> test fleet comprises an internal fleet with up to 100 controlled test vehicles as well as an external fleet with approximately 300 vehicles.

The internal sim<sup>TD</sup> fleet of test vehicles comprises 20 core vehicles with expert drivers. 80 further vehicles are driven by persons without special training.

The expert drivers will be asked to work together locally and on their own initiative to create certain [[Scenario|scenario]]s. The other drivers’ reaction to the respective [[Scenario|scenario]] can then be used to evaluate its efficiency, safety and acceptability of [[Function|function]]s.

The external fleet with about 300 vehicles is needed to create the specific traffic load for this [[Scenario|scenario]].
|Infrastructure=More than 100 ITS Roadside Stations (IRS)installed by the Hessian traffic centre and the Integrated Traffic Management Centre Frankfurt will be used to test the car-to-x communication:
*58 IRS on motorways
*22 IRS on rural roads
*24 IRS in the city network (connected with signal control devices)
|Test equipment=The sim<sup>TD</sup> architecture is based on three main sub-[[System|system]]s: the in-vehicle sub-[[System|system]], the infrastructure sub-[[System|system]] and the overall test [[System|system]].

'''In-vehicle sub-[[System|system]]''': the in-vehicle sub[[System|system]], or ITS Vehicle Station, is built into the vehicles and is comprised of two units. The ''Communication Control Unit (CCU)'' enables wireless communication with other vehicles and with the infrastructure. It also allows access to vehicle information and implements improved vehicle positioning. The ''Vehicle Application Unit (VAU)'' is the actual [[Application|application]] carrier. It implements the in-vehicle [[Application|application]] and provides the required [[System|system]] components. The VAU is also connected to the so-called Human Machine Interface (HMI) device, which is responsible for driver interaction.

'''Infrastructure sub-[[System|system]]''': the infrastructure sub-[[System|system]] involves the ITS Roadside Stations and the ITS Central Station. The ITS Central Station is the actual sim<sup>TD</sup> backend [[System|system]], which provides the required services and implements the infrastructure-related parts of the [[Application|application]]s to be developed. The ''ITS Central Station'' will receive information from the Hessen traffic control center as well as from the city of Frankfurt's integrated traffic control centre. The second component of the infrastructure sub-[[System|system]] are the ''ITS Roadside Stations''. Those devices will be installed at motorways junctions, motorways on-ramps or other major crossroads. The ITS Roadside Station can both send traffic relevant data to vehicles and also communicate with the ITS Central Station. Some of those ITS Roadside Stations can also be connected to traffic lights in order to read and process information.

'''Test [[System|system]]''': because of its cross-section character, the test [[System|system]] has shares in all architecture components. Its main [[Function|function]] is to carry out the sim<sup>TD</sup> tests and experiments, in particular to support data collection, evaluation and validation. This involves test procedure planning, the actual experiment, as well as subsequent measuring of data storage, and preparation. The test [[System|system]] will also implement a test bench, which allows cross-[[System|system]] integration tests during the development phase.

[http://www.simtd.de/dyn/mediaout.dhtml/184c5686e0efb61642hu/mime/PDFs_Grafiken/technology/simTD_test-field_EN03_technology.pdf sim<sup>TD</sup> Communication Processes]

sim<sup>TD</sup> uses three different lines of communication:
*IEEE 802.11p (ITS G5A) for direct communication between vehicles and between vehicles and the infrastructure. As they require the smallest latency, the majority of information regarding security and traffic efficiency will be exchange on this line.
*IEEE 802.11b/g modules, to establish, through the Road Side Units, an IP-based communication on the Internet with the Test Management Centre and other Backend services. Wi-Fi will eventually be installed to ensure the transmission of large data sets.
*IP-based communication through GPRS, EDGE, UMTS or HSPA.
|Sources of information=sim<sup>TD</sup> Official website: http://www.simtd.de

German Federal Government website: http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/EN/Artikel/2007/12/2007-12-01-hightech-ikt-auto__en.html

German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development website: http://www.bmvbs.de/dokumente/-,302.1058854/Pressemitteilung/dokument.htm
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