Abstract:
Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I), have opened the door for a plethora of interesting services, both for safety and entertainment, to thrive. Standards for V2V and V2I communications have been proposed in recent years. However, as mobility scenarios evolve towards autonomous vehicles, the need for ultra-reliable and ultra-low latency communications in very dense environments becomes even more severe, and shortcomings of current standards become accentuated. Recent advances in 5G, promise to support vehicular communications and V2X services, and pave the way for a new unified communication fabric for the vehicles of the future. Nevertheless, looking at the current roadmap of 5G, the need to move beyond 5G (B5G) with new technologies and architectures is already apparent. In this talk, we discuss recent advances in 5G to support vehicular communications and V2X services. As well, while a vision of the sixth generation (6G) networks and its underlying enabling technologies is gradually taking momentum, we identify some gaps that motivate the need to move to 6G networks and beyond, to fully realise the vision of the autonomous vehicles of the future.
Soumaya Cherkaoui, IEEE Senior Member
Universite de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Canada
Biography
Dr. Soumaya Cherkaoui is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, which she joined in 1999. Since 2005, she has been the Director of INTERLAB, a research Laboratory which conducts research funded both by government and industry. Before joining U. Sherbrooke, she worked for industry as a project leader on projects targeted at the Aerospace Industry. Pr. Cherkaoui has held invited positions at leading institutions including the University of California at Berkeley, Bell Laboratories, Monash University, and the University of Toronto, as well as an adjunct position at Lulea University, in Sweden. She served on several research-related organizations, including as a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Network of Centers of Excellence Auto21, Canada in 2011, a member of the Expert Advisory Panel of Precarn, Canada in 2010 and a member of the Mitacs Research Council in 2017.
Pr. Cherkaoui avails of a long research experience in the wireless networking. Her current research interests include Multi-access edge computing, vehicular communications, machine-to-machine communications, and Internet-of-Things in next generation networks. Her work resulted in technology transfer to companies and to patented technology. Pr. Cherkaoui has published over 200 research papers in reputed journals and conferences. She co-edited 7 books and collective works, has been an associate editor and guest editor of several IEEE, Wiley and Elsevier Journals. Her work was awarded with recognitions and best paper awards including a best paper award at the IEEE ICC conference in 2017. She has chaired prestigious conferences such as IEEE LCN 2019, and has served as a symposium co-chair for flagship conferences including IEEE ICC 2018, IEEE Globecom 2018, Globecom 2015, IEEE ICC 2014, and IEEE PIMRC 2011. She is a Professional Engineer in Canada, a senior IEEE Member, and has served as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Communications Society AHSN Technical Committee since 2017.