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August 25, 2020 San Diego @qualcomm

Smart
Transportation
Jim Misener,
Sr. Director, Product Management and
Global C-V2X Ecosystem Lead,
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Smart transportation can benefit
from connected systems —
roads, vehicles, and infrastructure
Cellular and transportation Smart transportation With our technology leadership,
networks, in partnership, can tap quantifiable rich 5G roadmap, and proven AI capabilities,
can deliver efficient smart benefits to for we are shaping a new era of smart transportation
transportation solutions everyone for a cleaner environment and sustainable future

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Benefits a broad range of transportation applications
Ranging from pre-trip planning to en route information through safety services

Autonomous
vehicles
Roadside
units (RSUs)
Smart
lighting

Pedestrian
safety warning

Live 3D Maps

Truck
platooning

Smart parking
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Evolving technologies
to support key transportation use cases
Teleoperation
via cellular networks

TMC1-based traffic
monitoring and advisory
(via cellular networks)

Road safety
Hazard warning
(via V2I sidelink)
AI/edge
processing

Road safety
Forward collision
avoidance
(via V2V sidelink)

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1 TMC is Traffic Management Center
Reshaping our neighborhoods
Cellular + Transportation networks
Safer walking and bicycling conditions
Reducing cut-through traffic
Contribute to city-level traffic planning
Pre-trip information and multi-modal choices Collocated RSUs &
small cells
Greening opportunities leverage cell densification to
AI/edge manage intersections
processing

Alert! Minor collision in


area. First responders
are on the scene.

Diverse network
deployment opportunities
(private networks)

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Smart transportation can
revolutionize logistics
Logistics
cloud platform

Traffic
MEC1

Monitoring sensors
Freight pressure /
temperature/Asset tracking

Electronic logging devices


Compliance for road/driver safety

1 MEC is mobile edge network 6


Maximizing

Efficiency
with shared transit and mobility on demand

Safety
Affordability
Reliability
Availability to all

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Bringing a City-highway
comprehensive Hyperlocal services
Pay-as-you-use parking

ecosystem together 236


Occupied
42
Available
$472
Revenue per
30 mins

Driving the future of smart transportation


Recommended toll routes

Mobile network
operators

Access to roads and Road Mobile operators


road users operators

Network densification Road users


using small cells /
RSUs Hazard alert

Ad services:
Restaurant
location

Cloud service providers


Security framework

Vehicle OEMs Data and security1

1 Uptane Alliance, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)) 8


Facilitating multi-tiered
services Feature
management
Pedestrian detection Vehicle features

AR-based navigation
Virtual assistant Your music
stations added
Day running
lights on
City speed
limit set
Premium

On demand
unlocking and locking
Traffic information
Freemium

Context-based
personalized information
Premium

Road safety comes free


Pedestrian 10ft ahead
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Shaping a new
era of smart transportation

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Driving the 5G technology evolution
Continue expansion to new verticals,
Delivering on deployments, use cases, spectrum
Future-proof the 5G vision
platform Rel-18+ evolution
Rel-171
Rel-161
Rel-15

Rel-16 commercialization Commercialization of future 5G releases

NR
LTE essential part
of the 5G platform

2019 eMBB 2020 eMBB expansion Longer term expansion


• Global smartphone • Beyond smartphone (PC, FWA, …) • Automotive, Smart City, Industrial IoT,…
launches
• New markets/regions • Private networks
• Fixed wireless access
• Nationwide coverage and SA migration • Unlicensed spectrum

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023+

1. 3GPP start date indicates approval of study package (study item->work item->specifications), previous release continues beyond start of next release with functional freezes and ASN.1 11
Perceive Plan Act Connect
Camera, radar sensors Behavior prediction Actuation control Tele-operations
CV2X, localization in maps Behavior planning Drive-by-wire smooth maneuver Data analytics
extended horizon sensors Motion planning Smart transportation
Low level sensor fusion Simulator and tools

A system approach—autonomy stack


End-to-end system. Active sensing and extend horizon using connectivity and maps
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5G brings Autonomous driving
several
features to Perception
Sharing of high throughput sensor data and
autonomous real world model

driving Path planning


Intention and trajectory sharing for faster,
yet safe maneuvers

Real-time local updates


Real-time sharing of local data with infrastructure and
other vehicles (e.g. 3D HD maps)

Coordinated driving
Exchanging intention and sensor data for more predictable,
coordinated autonomous driving
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Benefits
C-V2X +
Safer roads
Truck platooning, driver monitoring, minimizing Autonomous
manual operations to substantially human error
Driving +
Car-to-Cloud
Clean environment For the next generation
Reduced emission and shorter travel time of intelligent transportation systems

Enhanced personal mobility


Mobility services, assistive technologies,
route planning

New business opportunities


Parking services, mapping services,
fleet management, etc.

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Car-to-Cloud Future-proof Driver
platform designs monitoring
On demand/OTA Improved safety
updates, soft-SKU

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User data apps Vehicle data Actionable New Personalized
and behavior and diagnostics insights opportunities user experience

Car-to-Cloud platform
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C-V2X
Standards complete, commercially
available, deployment begun
Broad industry support with 5GAA
Initial focus on basic safety use
cases

5G roadmap expands functionality

Rich sensor sharing


Vehicles share intent and perception

V2V V2I
Vehicle-to-vehicle Vehicle-to-infrastructure On-the-fly connectionless groups
e.g., collision avoidance safety systems e.g., roadside traffic signal timing/priority
Enabled by reliable multicast

V2P V2N
Vehicle-to-pedestrian Vehicle-to-network Benefits in addition to safety
e.g., safety alerts to pedestrians, bicyclists e.g., real-time traffic/routing, cloud services Coordinated driving brings reduced congestion,
shorter trip time, and energy savings

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Road operators TMC backend Mobile edge computing Collocated RSU/small cell Mobile operators

Road work Traffic Shared bike user alerted Speed


ahead advisory for next train in 10 mins harmonization Pedestrian Collision
alert warning

35miles/hour

Lane-level
hazard alert

Cellular network communications


5G V2X sidelink

5G V2X sidelink can complement wide-area networks


Managing intersections with 5G V2X

5G V2X sidelink Cellular networks Edge/on-device AI


(collision avoidance and coordinated driving) (TMC-based traffic monitoring and advisory) (AI-based traffic sensors for speed harmonization)

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Application A Application B

Irrelevant message (outside app-specific distance)

NAK NAK
Received

Application-aware, distance-based Application-specific distance is determined based on relevancy


multicast communication with 5G V2X Transmitting vehicles adapt transmission to relevant vehicles within range
Receiving vehicles only acknowledge (NAK) relevant messages
can assist in intersection management 19
Smart RSUs with on-device processing
can complement edge cloud
Realize 5G’s
low latency

Scalability

Compute intensive, real-time data Performance


Central cloud Edge cloud On-device intelligence
Traffic management center Neighborhood/city/highway Smart RSUs Additional
resources
Big data, AI training, less delay Compute/processing, context, control, Sensing, processing, security, intelligence
sensitive content, storage,… storage, closer to vehicular network
New deployments,
Vehicular networks are highly dynamic
(private networks)

Latency could be Latency as


Cooperation between road operators, MNOs1, infra vendors, cloud providers,…
over 100s ms today low as 1 ms

• 5G value maximizes from • Immediacy—tasks on device


operators and city services • Efficient use of bandwidth
• Deliver enhanced and new services • Scalability
• Host, content, processing,.. for 3rd party
• Local analytics, management, security
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1 MNO is mobile network operator
MNO network
Integrated Access and Backhaul 5G eMBB services
C-V2X RSU
V2N C2C1
services
(eMBB)

Detect non V2I safety information


C-V2X vehicle (C-V2X sidelink)

5G eMBB services

Collocated V2V blind


intersections
Combine V2I RSU and 5G small cell
radio unit supported by virtual RAN2

RSUs/small cells
(C-V2X sidelink) Neutral host can manage the combined
radio unit/RSU ─ shared by multiple
MNOs and roadside operators

can bring multiple Leverage mmWave Integrated Access


and Backhaul for easier deployment

opportunities
MNO radio unit
mmWave + sub-7
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1 C2C is car-to-cloud 2 RAN is radio access network
Road world model Localization
SW stack
Perception, sensor fusion

Compute Radar
Heterogenous computing
and AI accelerator for
perception/sensor fusion

Communications
V2I (sidelink) via C-V2X
Multiple
Cellular communication via 4G/5G
cameras
C-V2X

V2I

Basic safety and Advanced safety applications Roadside access can generate
mobility services Smarter RSUs, collocated RSUs and small-cells new revenue models

Today Tomorrow Future


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Build an integrated data sharing system
to provide personalized services

Improve collaboration for Leverage collocated smart RSUs/small-


enhanced road management cells to expand MNOs cellular coverage

Leverage network acceleration effect


to expand C-V2X benefits
in initial deployments

Today Tomorrow Future


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Driving digitally
enabled end-to-end solutions
for smart transportation

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Strong C-V2X
momentum globally
Oct. 2018 Jan. 2019
Multi-OEM Cooperative driving
performance live interactive
evaluation of C-V2X demos in Las Vegas
MDM
915 0
Sep. 2016
5GAA
founded. Qualcomm
Feb. 2017 Sep. 2017 Apr. 2018 Jul. 2018 Nov. 2018 Feb. 2019 Mar. 2019 May 2019 Nov. 2019 Jan. 2020
Incorporated was the Towards 5G First C-V2X First Europe’s first Reaches 100 C-V2X integrated SAIC project C-V2X Live demos ETSI European
founding member trial in France chipset multi-OEM multi-OEM members with Qualcomm® complete ecosystem show C-V2X as specifications
announced introduced demo in D.C. demonstration in SnapdragonTM demos a market reality and standards for
Paris Automotive C-V2X completed
4G/5G platforms

Feb. 2020
C-V2X devices passed
European Radio
Jan. 2017 Mar. 2017 Oct. 2017 Jun. 2018 Nov. 2018 Feb. 2019 Mar. 2019 Nov. 2019 Equipment Directive
ConVeX trial Rel-14 C-V2X San Diego 1st US China-SAE TELEFÓNICA/ Cross border CAMP (RED)
in Germany spec finalized Regional deployment ITS Stack SEAT’s live C-V2X/ demo congestion
announced C-V2X trial in Denver Compatibility 5G demo at MWC control scenario China ICV 2025 Vision
Barcelona testing by OEM published
consortium
FCC 5.9 GHz NPRM
Oct. 2018 Jan. 2019 comments received
C-V2X functional Announcing
and performance C-V2X
test report implementation Jan. 2020
published in Las Vegas
C-V2X deployment
in Virginia with
VaDoT

Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.


Over a decade of innovation and core R&D
Autonomous stack HW and SW proof-of-concept
Investing for multiple years in R&D to develop a Developed prototypes including camera perception, radar
comprehensive autonomous highway pilot stack deep learning, localization, sensor fusion, path, maneuver
and behavior planning; and related AI/ML, tools

ADAS SoC and accelerator Continuous road and offline testing


Automotive Safety compliant scalable HW – SoCs and Software-In-Loop and Hardware-In-Loop tests,
Accelerators, with SDK, framework, tool chain real-world simulations

Dimensioning purpose-built IP Embedded testing/optimization/tools


Workload and HW sizing for optimized, purpose-built HW, Using existing hardware to test and optimize
SW, compilers, optimizers and algorithms the system on embedded platform

Qualcomm Technologies’ holistic approach


to solving autonomous driving system challenges
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Sensor coverage for 360° environmental Radar HD-Map C-V2X Lidar
recognition complemented by HD maps and
V2X
Long range Mid range
radar radar
Snapdragon Ride Autonomous Stack
Hybrid Deep learning + Computer Vision approach
30+ Concurrent Deep Learning Networks
Advanced RADAR perception w/ Deep learning
Hybrid RL based Prediction & Planning
Mid range
radar

Camera Localization Ultrasonic


Qualcomm VEPP +
Mid range Map Fusion
radar
Family of SoCs and Accelerator
L4/L5

Long range
radar L2 + L3
Mid range
radar
Autonomous
driving
L1/L2 ADAS accelerator
application
ADAS
processor
application
processor

Traffic light Traffic sign Pedestrian Bicycle Vehicles Lane detection Hardware platforms
Scalable and thermally efficient

Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit,
4G/5G Wireless Platform, ADAS and Car-to-Cloud Platform
Secure, connected-car services and lifecycle management

Location Driver
GNSS/VEPP monitoring (CPU)

C-V2X Highway Pilot


Assist
Feature licensing and
device management
On-demand Soft SKU configuration,
OTA software updates
4G/5G Streaming video/music
modem features (premium video/audio)

Connectivity Analytics
4G / 5G, Telematics, Advanced techniques
Wi-Fi/ Surveillance Regulatory compliance, Attestation, licensing, for actionable insights
connectivity services Configurable chipset capabilities (Camera) Usage billing
certificates, identity

On-demand hardware/capabilities Qualcomm® Car-to-Cloud Platform

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We provide the enabling technologies
for various mobility services
Users Residents | Drivers | Commuters | Tourists

Road safety Personalized experiences Shared rides Electronic tolling Driving experiences
Applications
Parking management Traffic efficiency Wallet management Location information Fleet management

Payment Services
Platform Edge-AI/compute Automakers Tier 1 suppliers

Network MNO Enterprises Internet providers

Data
Infrastructure City services Tower companies Highway services

Our Technologies

Artificial Multi-mode DSDA C-V2X Extended Location Power Wi-Fi / BT


intelligence modem + RFFE reality management
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Telematics Infotainment Car-to-cloud Autonomous C-V2X
service driving

Uniquely positioned to power


the intelligently connected future

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