Volvo Cars EMC testingfrom faraday to awitar

Björn Bergqvist Volvo Car Corporation

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• Faraday was opened in 1991

• Agreement for cooperation

• Volvo Car Corporation 17 weeks/year

• Two shifts

• Models: 345 (-91), 440 (-96), 460 (-96), 480 (-95), 240 (-93), 740 (-92), 940 (-98), 850 (-96)

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History

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Volvo models at that time

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• Vehicles more complex

• S80 (1998) Milestone for Volvo Cars

• In-vehicle CAN data communication busses

• Off-vehicle wireless communication, Volvo On-Call

• Need for Communication Test Chamber

• Capacity in Faraday.

• Mars 2016 RISE decided to build AWITAR

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Activities in Faraday

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• Automotive Wireless Test and Research Facility

• Modern EMC test chamber

• High performance

• Effective testing of several projects

• Support development of future vehicles• Automated

• Electrified

• Fast charging, wired and wireless

• Connected

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Future EMC testing in awitar

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Communication testning in awitar

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WHAT, do we want to emulate in awitar?

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Average Power Delay Profile

(APDP) for a C2I scenario.

RSU*

*Road Side Unit

60m

120m

180m

240m

300m

360m

Range (

m)

C. F. Mecklenbräuker, et al., “Vehicular Channel Characterization

and Its Implications for Wireless System Design and Performance,” Proc. IEEE, Vol. 99, No. 7, July 2011

What: Real life signal environment

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OTA multi-probe setup Measurements on a highway in Lund, Sweden.

• SIVERT* a project submitted to Vinnova FFI, that will define and build a prototype wireless communication test setup in AWITAR.

• A project with 5 partners and with a total budget of 28MSEK during 3 years.

How: SIVERT

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*SImulation and VErification of wiReless Technologies

Why: time line

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VP SOPPS E-series TT

Today, field trails.

Tomorrow, testing of wireless performance in AWITAR.

Advantages with AWITAR:- The environment can be controlled.- The tests are repeatable.- The tests can be performed,

~1 year earlier than today.

Q&A

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