Projects

The Thüringer Innovatonszentrum Mobilität (ThIMo) supports the industrial change towards a sustainable mobility. We offer scientific expertise and infrastructure for joint research projects with industry partners, development or contractual research and services.

The "Embedded ground-space 5G terminal for automated and connected driving - embrace5G (e5g)" project is driving the spread of satellite communication for future 5G applications. The application focus is on technologies for automated and connected driving on road and rail, because these are characterized by high requirements for coverage across borders and traffic areas, reliability and the fusion of many different information sources, where satellite communication can play out its advantages particularly well.

More information on the embrace5G project can be found here: e5g_one-pager.pdf

EMMA - Electromagnetically Modelling of Microwave Absorbers

Testing the functionality of radio components and systems in virtual instead of real test environments is becoming increasingly important in the field of automated and connected driving. Anechoic chambers, whose microwave absorbers on walls, ceiling and floor reduce reflections and thus minimise any influence of the measurement environment on the measurement results, are primarily used for this purpose. The degree of feedback that can be achieved determines the basic usability, quality and accuracy of the measurements and thus the comparability of the virtual measurement environment with real field tests. Accordingly, it is important to precisely characterise the electromagnetic field distribution in such anechoic chambers; for this purpose, radiation-optical methods are primarily used for frequencies above a few 100 MHz. Remarkably, no suitable electromagnetic absorber model exists to date that simulates the physical functional principles in a broadband, angle-dependent and fully polarimetric manner. The research of such a model is the main goal of the present project. In the project, measurement procedures as well as numerical and semi-analytical methods for the precise characterisation of the reflectivity of pyramid absorbers are researched and applied. The knowledge gained will be used to derive fundamental laws of the absorption behaviour and to work out important influencing parameters. From this, an effect model is developed, which makes the reflection behaviour of the absorbers accessible for radiation-optical procedures and maps it in corresponding calculations. For verification, the wave propagation is simulated in the VISTA: Virtual Road - Simulation and Test Facility at the TU Ilmenau and compared with measured data. The model researched in this project thus provides a significant contribution to research into modern radio technologies.

German-Japanese research cooperation in automated and connected driving: Virtual Validation (CADJapanGermany: VIVID)

The aim of the BMBF-funded project "German-Japanese research cooperation in automated and connected driving: Virtual Validation (CADJapanGermany: VIVID)" is to strengthen the German-Japanese exchange of know-how through joint research and development work and to use country-specific findings for the joint further development of autonomous driving. The focus is on safety and validation.

Further information can be found in the official project profile or at: https://www.safecad-vivid.net/

THIMO-Reseach Group: „Entwicklungsmethodik zur Minderung der Emissionsbeiträge durch moderne Mobilitätssysteme“ (EMISYS)