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Connected Vehicles

"Connected vehicles" are connected to one another, the roadside, and beyond via wireless communication pipelines. The technologies involved include cellular (like your cellular phone), WiFi (like you probably have on your laptop computer), and at least one dedicated to transportation applications. This latter technology operates at 5.9 GHz and is known as Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) or Wireless Access in a Vehicular Environment (WAVE). Connected vehicle technology is most effective when vehicles, infrastructure (such as roads and highways), and infostructure (the telecommunications and Internet backbone) work together.

Vehicles Connected vehicle technology serves to keep people connected to information while they are traveling. This connectivity allows important vehicle safety and mobility enhancements to be realized.
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Infrastructure While many important safety applications can be achieved through vehicle-to-vehicle communications (such as active, integrated braking), the transportation system benefits most when the infrastructure also communicates with vehicles and drivers, resulting in vehicle-to-infrastructure (and vice versa) communication.
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Infostructure Wireless communication requires an information infrastructure, or infostructure, to operate. This includes transmitters, receivers, towers, fiber optics, call centers, and more.
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Connected Vehicle Animation View an animated example of how connected vehicle technology can enhance safety.
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