International Workshop on Positioning Solutions for Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems

Cooperative intelligent transportation systems (CITS) have emerged in response to the major transportation challenges for society today. At the core of all CITS is the positioning and communications technologies used to connect people, vehicles, infrastructure etc. As CITS evolve and become increasingly safety-liability critical, it is essential that the required performance levels for positioning (accuracy, integrity and availability) is assured.

This workshop aims to connect CITS capabilities and requirements with the domain of positioning and navigation technologies. It focuses on the positioning technologies and infrastructure that will be necessary to deliver the fully capabilities of future CITS. It presents the current landscape for positioning based on signals from Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) and describes developments over the next decade which will add satellite constellations from Europe, China, India and Japan. It will expose the weaknesses of using satellite positioning alone for CITS and propose techniques that combine both GNSS and non-GNSS signals, to meet the stringent requirements for safety critical applications. Going beyond the signals, invited presentations followed by a panel of experts will identify and critically evaluate what the core components of a positioning infrastructure for CITS should comprise.