Cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) includes multiple concepts of communication-enabled vehicle following and speed control. Definitions and classifications are presented to help clarify the distinctions between types of automated vehicle-following control that are often conflated with each other. A distinction is made between vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) CACC, based on vehicle–vehicle cooperation, and infrastructure-to-vehicle CACC, in which the infrastructure provides information or guidance to the CACC system (such as the target set speed value). In V2V CACC, communication provides enhanced information so that vehicles can follow their predecessors with higher accuracy, faster response, and shorter gaps; the result would be enhanced traffic flow stability and possibly improved safety. A further distinction is made between CACC, which uses constant-time-gap vehicle following (forming CACC strings), and automated platooning, which uses tightly coupled, constant-clearance, vehicle-following strategies. Although adaptive cruise control (ACC) and CACC are examples of Level 1 automation as defined by both SAE and NHTSA, the vehicle-following performance that can be achieved under each scenario is representative of the performance that should be expected at higher levels of automation. Implementation of CACC in practice will also require consideration of more than the lowest level of vehicle-following and speed regulation performance. Because CACC requires interactions between adjacent equipped vehicles, strategies are needed such as ad hoc, local, or global coordination to cluster CACC vehicles. Some of the challenges that must be overcome to implement the clustering strategies are discussed as well as strategies for separating CACC clusters as they approach their destinations, as potential traffic improvements from CACC will be negated if the vehicles cannot disperse effectively.


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    Title :

    Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control


    Subtitle :

    Definitions and Operating Concepts


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2015-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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