Toyota is going to work on its new innovative idea that would allow vehicles to communicate with each other to avoid collisions. The company has hinted on 26th April that it is working on plans to install Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) technology in the US vehicles starting from 2021. Automakers are in a confusion in the United States over whether to install the DSRC system or a 4G-5G based system. The company has announced the new plans in April 2018 and the installation process of DSRC technology will be completed in 2021.
Automobile makers were distributed with a section of spectrum for DSRC in the 5.9 GHz band in 1999, but till now the spectrum has remained unused. Now Federal Communications Commission and cable company officials want to distribute the spectrum for WiFi and other users. Testing was carried out over the years to see whether the spectrum band can be shared or not. In December 2016, the US government made it mandatory to install the DSRC system in cars. But the current government has not shown any serious interest towards it yet.
Toyota has also announced that the decision was based on the need for the greater automotive industry and federal government support to use the 5.9 GHz spectrum band for DSRC. Japanese automakers will re-evaluate the installation of DSRC system, but they still have strong opinion for DSRC and they believe it is the only available technology to avoid vehicles’ collision. DSRC technology allows a vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. It also provides precise vehicle information 10 times faster than a second, including location, speed, and acceleration.
