KATZE Project

Introduction

In the context of the project KATZE ("Radio Links In Car-2-X Networks: Analyze & Evaluate") a software package for the simulaton of the connectivity in Car-2-X networks was developed. This software will be used to analyse Car-2-X networks before the deloyment of this new technology in 2014 or 2015 will be started.

KATZE was scheduled for 14 months, starting at April 01, 2011. The project was co-funded by the BMWi (German Ministry for Economics) within the ZIM (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand).

Contribution of AWE Communications

The contribution of AWE Communications covers the development of a connectivity simulator predicting the following results:

• Computation of delay for transmission of a message from source (car) to destination (gateway)

• Number of vehicles to be reached with a message

• Number of involved vehicles in the transmission of a message

• Probability of successful transmission of a message

• Determination of number of required cars for introduction of Car-2-Car

Partner

The Institute for Radio Frequency Technology and Electronics (IHE) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, also located in the southern part of Germany, contributed the conduction of measurements and the development of some software modules to the project KATZE.

Project CAT/KATZE
(The German word KATZE means CAT)