A Cruise Control Method for Connected Vehicle Systems Considering Side Vehicles Merging Behavior

On the basis of wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication, this paper proposes a superior control strategy for the merging behavior of connected cruise control (CCC) considering the effect of time delays. A novel range policy that integrates the consideration of side-vehicle merging scene is establi...

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Published in:IEEE access 2019, Vol.7, p.6922-6936
Main Authors: Zhang, Tao, Zou, Yuan, Zhang, Xudong, Guo, Ningyuan, Wang, Wenwei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Connected cruise control (CCC)
Control methods
Cruise control
head-to-tail string
Merging
merging behavior
Monitoring
Passenger comfort
Safety
Stability analysis
Systems stability
time delays
Traffic safety
Vehicle safety
Vehicles
Vehicular ad hoc networks
Wireless communications
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Summary:On the basis of wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication, this paper proposes a superior control strategy for the merging behavior of connected cruise control (CCC) considering the effect of time delays. A novel range policy that integrates the consideration of side-vehicle merging scene is established, based on which a general strategy is proposed focusing on the acceleration control and incorporating various information delays. In this portion, the time-delay effect for the plant stability and head-to-tail string stability of CCC is explored and analyzed in detail. The results demonstrate that the traffic efficiency, the driving safety, and the ride comfort of CCC vehicles can be improved by the proposed method. In addition, the sensitivity study regarding the controller gain and the platoon's connectivity structure is exploited, which is proved to be of importance for system stability.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2890134