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Advanced V2X solution from Cohda Wireless and u-blox

Swiss company u-blox has provided key GNSS global positioning technology to Cohda Wireless’ vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) equipment, known as V2X, which the companies believe will be a key technology for the next generation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as well as autonomous vehicles. Cohda’s dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) based V2X system uses accurate satellite positioning with embedded dead reckoning technology provided by u-blox.
March 19, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Swiss company 602 u-blox has provided key GNSS global positioning technology to 6667 Cohda Wireless’ vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) equipment, known as V2X, which the companies believe will be a key technology for the next generation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as well as autonomous vehicles.

Cohda’s dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) based V2X system uses accurate satellite positioning with embedded dead reckoning technology provided by u-blox.

The system enables early warning of an imminent collision, oncoming traffic, presence of road workers and unsafe speed based on vehicles in the vicinity.

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