Cooperative Driving:
The Next Phase of Autonomous Driving

Andrei Kholodnyi, Wind River’s principal technologist, spoke at the recent Embedded Computing Conference about the future of software-defined vehicles (SDVs).

As Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) continue to evolve, modern vehicles are transitioning from isolated decision-making to a cooperative, connected paradigm.

The next phase of autonomous driving, cooperative driving, is enabled by Collective Perception Messaging (CPM) and Shared Driving Situation Models (SDSM). Using Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) communication, vehicles can share sensor data and detect hazards beyond their own line of sight, dramatically improving road safety and efficiency.

This talk includes analysis of a safety-critical ADAS use case, where one vehicle detects an approaching vehicle or pedestrian obstructed by another car. It communicates this insight via Vehicle-to-Network (V2N), enabling surrounding vehicles to respond proactively. The tech-centric discussion emphasizes the critical role of cloud-native architecture in the vehicle, C-V2X and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) at the far edge to ensure low-latency processing, and real-time decision support in these cooperative scenarios. If you’re building automotive solutions – or any mobile-centric applications – you don’t want to miss this.

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