POSITIONING ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE ECALL EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEM

THE PRESENT ARTICLE FOCUSES ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE FUTURE MANDATORY SAFETY SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: THE ECALL SMART SOLUTION. THE TOPIC TACKLED INSIDE THIS PAPER COVERS THE DIFFERENT POSITIONING ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE RELIABILITY OF THE ECALL SYSTEM. THE MAIN POSITIONING SOLUTIONS CONSIDERED ARE: GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS (GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BEIDOU), MOBILE NETWORKS (CDMA, GSM, LTE) AND WIFI CONNECTIONS. ALL THESE SOLUTIONS HAVE BOTH STRENGTH S AND WEAKNESSES, NEITHER OF THEM BEING IN A DECISIVE ADVANTAGE POSITION. THE CASE STUDY WILL DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR A REAL - LIFE SOLUTION THAT COMBINES ALL POSITIONING SOLUTIONS BASED ON A SMART PATTERN, AS TO PROVIDE BOTH FASTEST AS WELL AS MOST ACCURAT E PINPOINTING OF AN ECALL EMERGENCY MESSAGE. THE SECOND PART OF THE PAPER WILL PRESENT DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION POSIBILITIES, AS WELL AS OUR PROPOSAL FOR INTEGRATION OF THE ECALL HARDWARE EQUIPMENT INTO ALL FUTURE CAR MODELS SOLD ON THE EUROPEAN AUTO MARKET. THE CONCLUSION WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BOTH THE SECURITY POINT OF VIEW AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, BOTH RELEVANT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ECALL SYSTEM AS A MANDATORY INTEGRATED SOLUTION.

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