C-Roads France

Project design

schémas structuration du projet

Activity 1 corresponds to interactions with the C-ROADS France European platform, through its working groups. 3 working groups have been active within C-ROADS France:

  • Working Group 1 (WG1), dedicated to the organisational and legal aspects of harmonising the deployment of C-ITS;
  • Working Group 2 (WG2) dedicated to technical aspects, in particular the specifications for C-ROADS France services;
  • Working Group 3 (WG3), to define common evaluation methods for the various C-ITS services.

Activity 2 inclut toutes les études qu’il est nécessaire de mener collectivement pour assurer l’interopérabilité des nombreux composants du système C-ROADS France:

  • Road Side Units (RSU),
  • On-board units (OBUs) for mass-production vehicles,
  • On-board units (OBUs) for road operator vehicles that include RSU functionalities,
  • The interface platform between the road operator's traffic management centre and the roadside units (RSU),
  • The security system, based on a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), covering various aspects (integrity, confidentiality, traceability, protection of privacy, authentication).

This involves common specifications, coordinated development and component validation, including interoperability tests. This validation phase is conducted in three stages: laboratory tests, closed road tests and open road tests.

Activity 3 is decentralised through 4 pilot sites and 1 sub-block dedicated to car manufacturers. It includes procurement and development activities at each site, as well as the deployment of components at the pilot sites and in the cars once they have been validated.

Activity 4 is dedicated to project management and communication: it defines the general organisation of

Project management is based on three principles:

  • Collegiality: the steering committees take all decisions unanimously for the 4 activities,
  • Subsidiarity: each sub-activity has a dedicated coordinator who reports to the relevant steering committee,
  • Transparency: a collaborative space allows documents to be shared with all project partners.