Improving the safety of autonomous driving by using Direct-to-Satellite connectivity: the case of Iridium and Starlink satellite constellations

Anastasia Yastrebova-Castillo; Marko Höyhtyä; Mikko Majanen; Tiia Ojanpera; Johan Scholliers; Seppo J. Rantala

doi:10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453196

Improving the safety of autonomous driving by using Direct-to-Satellite connectivity: the case of Iridium and Starlink satellite constellations

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Abstract

This work highlights vehicular communications using satellite connectivity and presents the related results from the Celtic-Next 5G-SAFE-Plus project. Satellites are used by automated vehicles to send and receive relevant situational awareness data of the area and act according to the received information.
We present a genuine system performance analysis utilising real V2X messages used by automated vehicles to send and receive relevant situational awareness data. This is the first work that presents real vehicular message transmission via a satellite network. We also define and implement a simulation framework to study how low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites could support the operations. As latency of the end-to-end communication link is one of the most important quality parameters for safe and connected driving, we present measurement results of Iridium and Starlink constellations for vehicular data transfer. The results suggest that satellite connectivity can be used to improve road safety. However, routing in satellite networks should be greatly improved.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	40-46
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-9538-9
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3503-9539-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453196
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, CSCN 2023 - Munich, Germany Duration: 6 Nov 2023 → 8 Nov 2023 https://cscn2023.ieee-cscn.org/about

Conference

Conference	IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, CSCN 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	6/11/23 → 8/11/23
Internet address	https://cscn2023.ieee-cscn.org/about

Funding

The work reported in the paper was conducted in the context of the Celtic-Next 5G-SAFE-Plus project, which is partially funded by Business Finland in Finland.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

LEO
Iridium
Starlink
Vehicular communications
Autonomous driving
satellite communications

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Yastrebova-Castillo, A., Höyhtyä, M., Majanen, M., Ojanpera, T., Scholliers, J., & Rantala, S. J. (2023). Improving the safety of autonomous driving by using Direct-to-Satellite connectivity: the case of Iridium and Starlink satellite constellations. In 2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN) (pp. 40-46). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453196

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Yastrebova-Castillo, A , Höyhtyä, M , Majanen, M, Ojanpera, T, Scholliers, J & Rantala, SJ 2023, Improving the safety of autonomous driving by using Direct-to-Satellite connectivity: the case of Iridium and Starlink satellite constellations. in 2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 40-46, IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, CSCN 2023, Munich, Germany, 6/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453196

Improving the safety of autonomous driving by using Direct-to-Satellite connectivity: the case of Iridium and Starlink satellite constellations. / Yastrebova-Castillo, Anastasia ; Höyhtyä, Marko ; Majanen, Mikko et al.
2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2023. p. 40-46.

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Improving the safety of autonomous driving by using Direct-to-Satellite connectivity: the case of Iridium and Starlink satellite constellations

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