The Importance of Autonomous Driving Using 5G Technology

TL;DR

This paper discusses how 5G technology enhances autonomous driving by significantly reducing latency and increasing reliability, thereby enabling safer and more efficient vehicle decision-making.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of the specific improvements 5G offers for autonomous vehicles and ITS, highlighting future application prospects.

Findings

5G reduces latency in autonomous vehicle communication.

Enhanced reliability of data transmission with 5G improves safety.

Potential for widespread adoption of autonomous driving with 5G advancements.

Abstract

The three keys to autonomous driving are sensors, data integration, and 100% safety decisions. In the past, due to the high latency and low reliability of the network, many decisions had to be made locally in the vehicle. This puts high demands on the vehicle itself, which results in the dilatory commercialization of automatic driving. With the advent of 5G, these situations will be greatly improved. In this paper, we present the improvements that 5G technology brings to autonomous vehicles especially in terms of latency and reliability amongst the multitude of other factors. The paper analyzes the specific areas where 5G can improve for autonomous vehicles and Intelligent Transport Systems in general (ITS) and looks forward to the application of 5G technology in the future.