Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based Systems
In-vehicle applications that are based on Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication technologies need to be evaluated under lab-controlled conditions before performing field tests. The need for a tailored platform to perform specific research on the cooperative Advanced Driving Assistance System (AD...
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| author | Cristina Olaverri-Monreal Javier Errea-Moreno Alberto Díaz-Álvarez Carlos Biurrun-Quel Luis Serrano-Arriezu Markus Kuba |
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| description | In-vehicle applications that are based on Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication technologies need to be evaluated under lab-controlled conditions before performing field tests. The need for a tailored platform to perform specific research on the cooperative Advanced Driving Assistance System (ADAS) to assess the effect on driver behavior and driving performance motivated the development of a driver-centric traffic simulator that is built over a 3D graphics engine. The engine creates a driving situation as it communicates with a traffic simulator as a means to simulate real-life traffic scenarios. The TraCI as a Service (TraaS) library was implemented to perform the interaction between the driver-controlled vehicle and the Simulation of Urban MObility (SUMO). An extension of a previous version, this work improves simulation performance and realism by reducing computational demand and integrating a tailored scenario with the ADAS to be tested. The usability of the implemented simulation platform was evaluated by means of an experiment related to the efficiency of a Traffic Light Assistant (TLA), showing the analysis of the answer that 80% of the participants were satisfied with the simulator and the TLA system implemented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d24a98938204755b93d921ee4d242092022-12-22T04:24:40ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-12-011812439910.3390/s18124399s18124399Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based SystemsCristina Olaverri-Monreal0Javier Errea-Moreno1Alberto Díaz-Álvarez2Carlos Biurrun-Quel3Luis Serrano-Arriezu4Markus Kuba5Chair for Sustainable Transport Logistics 4.0, Johannes Kepler University, 4040 Linz, AustriaEurecom, Campus SophiaTech, 06410 Biot, FranceInstituto Universitario de Investigación del Automóvil (INSIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28031 Madrid, SpainInstitute of Smart Cities; Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, SpainInstitute of Smart Cities; Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, SpainApplied Mathematics and Physics, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, 1200 Wien, AustriaIn-vehicle applications that are based on Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication technologies need to be evaluated under lab-controlled conditions before performing field tests. The need for a tailored platform to perform specific research on the cooperative Advanced Driving Assistance System (ADAS) to assess the effect on driver behavior and driving performance motivated the development of a driver-centric traffic simulator that is built over a 3D graphics engine. The engine creates a driving situation as it communicates with a traffic simulator as a means to simulate real-life traffic scenarios. The TraCI as a Service (TraaS) library was implemented to perform the interaction between the driver-controlled vehicle and the Simulation of Urban MObility (SUMO). An extension of a previous version, this work improves simulation performance and realism by reducing computational demand and integrating a tailored scenario with the ADAS to be tested. The usability of the implemented simulation platform was evaluated by means of an experiment related to the efficiency of a Traffic Light Assistant (TLA), showing the analysis of the answer that 80% of the participants were satisfied with the simulator and the TLA system implemented.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/12/4399traffic light assistancevehicle-to-everythingtraffic simulationdriver-centric simulation |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Olaverri-Monreal Javier Errea-Moreno Alberto Díaz-Álvarez Carlos Biurrun-Quel Luis Serrano-Arriezu Markus Kuba Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based Systems Sensors traffic light assistance vehicle-to-everything traffic simulation driver-centric simulation |
| title | Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based Systems |
| title_full | Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based Systems |
| title_fullStr | Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based Systems |
| title_short | Connection of the SUMO Microscopic Traffic Simulator and the Unity 3D Game Engine to Evaluate V2X Communication-Based Systems |
| title_sort | connection of the sumo microscopic traffic simulator and the unity 3d game engine to evaluate v2x communication based systems |
| topic | traffic light assistance vehicle-to-everything traffic simulation driver-centric simulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/12/4399 |
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