5G-MOBIX

The 5G-MOBIX Project under the Horizon 2020 ICT-18-2018 Call aims to identify the most promising solutions for delivering seamless connected, cooperative and autonomous mobility (CCAM) services in cross-border traffic.

As Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) are already on the market and are expected to be deployed at a steady rate, by 2030 a significant proportion of vehicles on the road will be able to support some degree of automation. Increasing this penetration and moving to higher levels of automation will bring benefits such as accident prevention, reduced fuel consumption and emissions, as well as improved safety and efficiency in traffic. Furthermore, connected autonomous vehicles have the potential to realize the vision of a greener mobility. Therefore, the proliferation of CAVs and advancing levels of automation hold great promise for both supporting environmental sustainability and providing a safer and more efficient traffic environment.

The project was carried out by 59 partners from 10 countries, including TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, together with local partners such as Turkcell, Ford Otosan and Ericsson TR from Turkey. The project aimed to develop and test automated vehicle functionalities using 5G's key technological innovations along cross-border corridors and urban trial areas under different vehicle traffic, network coverage and service demands. In the project, CCAM use cases were defined and tested in cross-border and urban corridors using 5G's key technological innovations to evaluate the benefits of 5G infrastructure and 5G in the context of CCAM, and contributed to standardization efforts.

Within the scope of the 5G-MOBIX Project, two cross-border corridors, Spain-Portugal and Turkey-Greece, were selected and technology development studies were carried out for various usage scenarios. TÜBİTAK BİLGEM took part in the project by taking part in the Turkey-Greece cross-border corridor. In this context, an "Autonomous Truck Routing" use case was developed under the leadership of TÜBİTAK BİLGEM. This scenario aimed to enable trucks entering the Edirne İpsala Customs Gate to drive autonomously to the X-Ray scanning building with the help of roadside sensors. TÜBİTAK BİLGEM developed autonomous driving algorithms and object detection algorithms for this scenario. The developed algorithms were run on the Safir Cloud platform at TÜBİTAK's Gebze campus, enabling cloud-based autonomous driving. This developed scenario was publicly demonstrated at Edirne İpsala Customs Gate on May 9-10, 2022.