EU Takes the First Major Step to Establish the Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication System

Aug. 8th, 2008 -- The European Union passed a motion today to reserve an EU-wide frequency band for vehicle applications. The target of the motion is to reduce road accidents by enabling co-operative information technology systems between automotive OEMs.

An EU-wide frequency band was allocated for ‘immediate and reliable communications between cars, and between cars and roadside infrastructure.’ 30MHz frequency bandwidth within the 5.9GHz band are going to be reserved within the next six months by national authorities purely for road safety applications. The similar frequency bands have been reserved both in the U.S. and in Japan for future vehicle communications systems.

Potential applications running on this frequency band include local danger warning, traffic jam warning, as well as other infotainment services. German car manufacturers are expected to perform extensive field trial for vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems later this year as reported by motorauthority.