Techno-economic and Simulation Study of a V2I-based Cooperative Manoeuvring Case in a Cross-border Scenario

In this paper, we present a techno-economic analysis of a Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) use case in a specific cross-border environment, namely Cooperative Lane Merging (CLM). The latter is assumed to rely on Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) connectivity with respect to a set of inter-connected Road Side Units (RSUs). In order to feed the techno-economic framework with the required data in terms of road infrastructure, extensive system-level simulations have been performed using a connectivity oriented key performance indicator (KPI), while considering three different deployment scenarios and realistic road traffic densities. The proposed model identifies the minimum additional RSUs required to satisfy the CLM KPI with respect to the number of simultaneous connected cars. First results show the beneficial impact from densifying the road network infrastructure on the CLM service availability, especially under the highest road traffic conditions. In terms of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), cost results of a set of scenarios considering the variation of both the number of connected cars and the RSUs to be deployed are discussed as well.