Initiating the Systems Engineering Process for Rural Connected Vehicle Corridors, Volume 1: Research Overview (2021)

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C-1   A P P E N D I X C Crosscutting Gaps and Challenges For any connected vehicle deployment, rural or urban, to be successful, the underlying enabling technologies and critical crosscutting elements and their associated successful practices need to be taken into consideration. As such, the survey included questions to help identify key areas that pertain to planning for and integrating connected vehicles into rural corridors. The following sections detail the level of priority respondents assigned to each of these crosscutting issues. Planning Challenges Figure C-1 lists challenges in planning for deployment of connected vehicles in rural areas and details the level of priority that respondent assigned to each one. Note that the challenges with the highest level of combined priority (high and critical) are highlighted (boxed entries). As can be seen, around half of respondents indicated that lack of funding for O&M and uncertainty in regulations have high or critical priority. Respondents also provided additional comments on the survey, indicating how most of the testing of these technologies is being done in urban areas that, paired with the uncertainty in spectrum and regulations, can affect their deployment efforts in rural areas. (Source: Noblis 2020.) Figure C-1. Challenges in planning for deployment of connected vehicles in rural areas.

C-2 Initiating the Systems Engineering Process for Rural Connected Vehicle Corridors priority (high and critical) is highlighted (boxed entry). The most critical issue identified was the lack of communication infrastructure to the field (e.g., backhaul bandwidth), with 40% of respondents assigning a high or critical priority to it. As explained by the respondents, reliable communications and associated infrastructure to support communications are issues for many rural environments, as fiber network, cellular coverage, and even power sources can be limited. (Source: Noblis 2020.) Figure C-2. Technology issues in the integration of systems for rural areas. Workforce Needs Figure C-3 details the priority level respondents assigned to selected workforce needs. Note that the needs with the highest level of combined priority (high and critical) are highlighted (boxed entries). While all needs received a fairly high level of priority, big data expertise and cybersecurity assessment capabilities were assigned the high or critical levels of priority by over half of the respondents. Respondents also noted that sometimes lack of expertise is not the issue, rather it is the lack of available/dedicated staff for these technologies. (Source: Noblis 2020.) Figure C-3. Workforce needs for deployment of connected vehicles in rural areas. S ystem I ntegration I ssues Figure C-2 shows selected technology issues anticipated for systems integration in rural areas and the level of priority respondents assigned to each one. Note that the issue with the highest level of combined

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