[20141028]IN10168_自动驾驶车辆的频谱需求.pdf

CRS InsightsSpectrum Needs of Self-Driving VehiclesLinda K. Moore, Specialist in Telecommunications Policy (lmoorecrs.loc.gov, 7-5853)October 28, 2014 (IN10168)Baby you can drive my car (unless it drives itself). Among the technologies that are emerging fromlaboratory environments to test their wings in the real world, the self-driving vehicle is a noticeablestandout. Autonomous vehicles is a class of communications and decision-making technologies that arepart of what some describe as the Industrial Internetthe integration of complex machinery withnetworked software and sensors. By 2020, there are likely to be 50 billion devices in this categorywhich includes the more familiar Internet of Things. Many of the devices will require wirelesscommunications and converge with commercial rollout of the next generation of communicationstechnologies (fifth-generation, or 5G). Identifying radio frequency spectrum for multiple technologies,uses, and users in a fifth-generation communications environment will likely become a significant policyissue, as demonstrated by the current debate about access to the 5.9 GHz band for vehiclecommunications for crash avoidance. Bills that address some of t