Feasibility Study of the Application of OPC UA Protocol for the Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication

Abstract

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) support drivers of vehicles in emergency situations and help to save people’s lives and minimise the losses in accidents. The information from car sensors are collected locally by Controller Area Network (CAN) and then processed by ADAS. The authors focus on a CAN/OPC UA (IEC 62541) gateway that can support vehicle-to-vehicle communication in order to enable cooperation between ADAS in neighbouring vehicles. The authors present proof of the concept of the CAN/OPC UA gateway and propose a relevant OPC UA address space that contains the type hierarchy that allows meta information about sensors to be shared between ADAS. The research part focuses on the communication parameters including reliability, communication delays and the stability of the connection.