COORDINATED ACTION FOR RESPONSIVE MIXED ORCHESTRATION AND NETWORK YIELD

The CARMONY project introduces an Interlinked Orchestration Framework for traffic management that integrates proven governance and business models, continuously refined using innovative simulation technologies with real-world traffic data. This approach aims to generate credible response plans, guidelines, and decision logics, fostering societal trust. Key stakeholders, including road operators, governments, and traffic managers, are involved from the project's inception, providing ongoing support.

The framework is accessible via smartphone apps and online dashboards, aiding comprehensive traffic management decisions. It will be piloted in urban and highway areas in Spain and Luxembourg, focusing on enhancing traffic efficiency, safety, and sustainability, particularly in mixed traffic scenarios involving both manually driven and up to level 4 autonomous vehicles. Long-term simulations will demonstrate the system's impact, aiming to build trust among society and stakeholders.

CARMONY anticipates significant improvements in traffic efficiency and sustainability, potentially reducing travel time and traffic jams by 10%, saving European society up to €10 billion and individuals 10-15 hours lifetime annually. In urban areas like Paris, it could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 280,000 tons annually.

The CARMONY project aims to control traffic volumes via orchestrating individuals, based on optimizing traffic for everyone and focusing on individual requirements & needs, the orchestrator provides individual suggestions and leaves the final decision always to the human.

Our Role

Architecture, Simulation and Services for Interactive Network Management

Frontier Innovations leads the “Architecture, Simulation and Services for Interactive Network” work package, which encompasses the technical framework that serves the rest of the CARMONY project.

It involves the development of a holistic orchestration schema, including:

1. Real-time traffic management: Algorithms offering proactive detection of network interruption and providing mitigation strategies.

2. System interoperability: Schema definition for how the different systems work with one another, as well as how data is exchanged.

3. Simulation frameworks: Extensive simulation systems that enable the evaluation of different scenarios at various levels.

Network management simulation controllers

Simulation tools using the agent-based modelling paradigm allow us to replicate any part of the system, providing a framework in which we can evaluate any and all parts in a controlled environment. This allows us to test system preparedness before deployment in order to identify and reinforce critical points, and examine a wide range of scenarios to evaluate the system under normal conditions as well as extreme edge case events.

Traffic orchestration data space

The traffic orchestration data space is the data sharing service used throughout the CARMONY project to facilitate data exchange across pilot sites, stakeholders, and system operators. Data exchange is provided within a secure system guaranteeing levels of access as needed, is scalable, and can be adapted to support any of the systems in play. The data space created for CARMONY is developed according to international standards using open-source components.

CARMONY Facts & Figures

• Project name: COORDINATED ACTION FOR RESPONSIVE MIXED ORCHESTRATION AND NETWORK YIELD

• Project ID: 101202858

• Topic: Orchestration of heterogeneous actors in mixed traffic within the CCAM ecosystem (CCAM Partnership) HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-03

• Duration: 1/5/2025 – 30/4/2028

• EU Contribution: € 5 991 184,50
  

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