| The Fully Networked Car, A Workshop on ICT in Vehicles |
A B S T R A C T |
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| Speaker: |
David Horncastle
Ygomi LLC London |
| Session 4: |
eCall |
| Session Moderator: |
Wolfgang A. Reinhardt, Director Regulatory Affairs, ACEA |
| Title of Presentation: |
E-Call and Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) in Vehicles |
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A cost-effective E-call solution has been elusive for the best part of a decade. Most car makers who have offered telematics in their vehicles have included a form of emergency voice call with vehicle positioning, generally with a telematics service provider as the intermediary to the local PSAPs. This model has proven complex and costly and a large proportion of customers have not been renewing subscriptions for this and other services offered after the initial ‘free’ period for telematics services.
While car buyers generally agree that some form of emergency notification is a good thing to have in their vehicle, what they are keen to avoid is a complicated subscription arrangement with monthly or annual fees, particularly when the additional services offered by the car maker may duplicate some of those they can already enjoy with their mobile phone (and therefore access anywhere, rather than being limited to in-car use).
Ygomi LLC has been developing the Land Side Platform (LSP) Concept to address many of the issues associated with a robust, reliable emergency notification solution, with specific emphasis on data-only messaging known as Automatic Crash Notification (or ACN).
The paper will outline the envisaged ACN solution and address the issues surrounding delivery of a reliable, cost-effective emergency notification facility in Europe and the U.S. |
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