Connected Vehicles Testbed for Real-time Deployment of Use Cases at TiHAN IIT Hyderabad

Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology is revolutionizing vehicular communication by enhancing road safety applications and optimizing traffic management. Unlike its predecessor, Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC), C-V2X enables a broader range of coverage and maintains low latency by leveraging cellular infrastructure. This paper presents an overview of indigenously developed C-V2X units viz., software, hardware, stack and their application development on Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I). The solutions provided by C-V2X technologies, which operate using 5G networks and beyond, enhance driver assistance systems and real-time hazard awareness. The results from trials at the TiHAN testbed demonstrate the effectiveness of C-V2X in enabling collision warning and pedestrian detection, as important use cases.