Applied Information Inc, a provider of intelligent transportation infrastructure solutions, has teamed up with Autotalks, which specializes in Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication solutions on the project. According to Peter Ashley, Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, at Applied Information, the idea was to create a preemption system for first responders…

The system is thought to be the world’s first dual-mode/dual-active V2X deployment. Autotalks’s dual mode chipsets are installed in the emergency vehicles and roadside units such as traffic lights, while Applied Information’s dual-mode/dual-active roadside units communicate with vehicles equipped with V2X OBUs…

The technology uses dedicated short range communication (DSRC) and cellular V2X (C-V2X). Mr Ashley said:

“At its essence, DSRC and CV2X are just radios, broadcasting on different frequencies. The real problem is they don’t talk to each other, so cities broadcasting DSRC would be useless to a C-V2X car: we figured we could solve the issue by broadcasting and receiving both.”
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