Safety-critical connected cruise control: Leveraging connectivity for safe and efficient longitudinal control of automated vehicles

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Chen, Yuchen
Orosz, Gábor
Molnar, Tamas G.
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2024-03-20
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Y. Chen, G. Orosz and T. G. Molnar, "Safety-Critical Connected Cruise Control: Leveraging Connectivity for Safe and Efficient Longitudinal Control of Automated Vehicles," 2024 IEEE 27th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2024, pp. 110-115, doi: 10.1109/ITSC58415.2024.10919730.
Abstract

Leveraging connectivity for controlling connected automated vehicles (CAVs) has great potential for improving the safety and efficiency of transportation. In this paper, we study the safety of connected cruise control (CCC), wherein CAVs respond to multiple preceding vehicles via vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity. Using control barrier function theory, we analyze how connectivity to vehicles farther ahead can be leveraged to improve the CAV's safety, and we propose safety-critical CCC by minimally modifying efficient but not always safe CCC designs. We use simulations to evaluate the proposed safety-critical CCC with respect to safety, energy efficiency and string stability. We also study mixed traffic, and show that increasing the penetration of CAVs can significantly improve safety and performance of road transportation systems. © 2024 IEEE.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
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27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2024
24 September 2024 through 27 September 2024
Edmonton
207751
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21530009
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