Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated Driving

As autonomous driving technology advances, the demand for unmanned mobility applications continues to grow. However, due to the imperfections in current autonomous driving systems, incidents still occur, highlighting the challenges of full driverless services. Moreover, the computation of complex au...

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Main Authors: Hanyoung Park, Yongjae Jang, Kanghyun Ko, Ji-Woong Choi
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description As autonomous driving technology advances, the demand for unmanned mobility applications continues to grow. However, due to the imperfections in current autonomous driving systems, incidents still occur, highlighting the challenges of full driverless services. Moreover, the computation of complex autonomous driving algorithms requires an on-board computing unit, which consumes a large amount of energy. To address these limitations, tele-operated driving (ToD) has emerged as a promising solution for enhancing autonomous intelligent transportation systems (ITS). By enabling remote entities, such as remote users or servers, to control vehicles and manage edge cases in autonomous driving, ToD combines the benefits of both unmanned mobility and human oversight. To support ToD service, a real-time sensor sharing system for vehicles is essential, and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication is suitable for the required network connectivity. However, most research has not focused on high-volume data transmission, which is required for sensor sharing systems. Additionally, the energy consumption of C-V2X, which directly impacts the battery efficiency of electric vehicles (EVs) as an example, has not been thoroughly examined. In this paper, we propose an evaluation framework for energy consumption analysis of ToD. Based on this framework, we analyze the energy consumption of vehicle for sensor data transmission over 5G C-V2X under varying channel conditions and multi-user scenarios. We also investigate the extent to which using ToD is energy-saving compared to the energy consumption of an on-board high-performance computing unit. Our findings indicate that the uplink-based sensor sharing system is more energy-efficient than its sidelink-based counterpart. Additionally, sensor sharing for ToD can save more energy of the battery in the vehicle compared to relying on the high-performance on-board computing unit.
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spelling doaj-art-d2a979fb186d4f07a3e6302a8ed12eb42025-08-20T02:56:47ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113425474255810.1109/ACCESS.2025.354811610910110Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated DrivingHanyoung Park0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7663-4135Yongjae Jang1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4841-7513Kanghyun Ko2https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0539-0381Ji-Woong Choi3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9109-3860Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of KoreaAs autonomous driving technology advances, the demand for unmanned mobility applications continues to grow. However, due to the imperfections in current autonomous driving systems, incidents still occur, highlighting the challenges of full driverless services. Moreover, the computation of complex autonomous driving algorithms requires an on-board computing unit, which consumes a large amount of energy. To address these limitations, tele-operated driving (ToD) has emerged as a promising solution for enhancing autonomous intelligent transportation systems (ITS). By enabling remote entities, such as remote users or servers, to control vehicles and manage edge cases in autonomous driving, ToD combines the benefits of both unmanned mobility and human oversight. To support ToD service, a real-time sensor sharing system for vehicles is essential, and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication is suitable for the required network connectivity. However, most research has not focused on high-volume data transmission, which is required for sensor sharing systems. Additionally, the energy consumption of C-V2X, which directly impacts the battery efficiency of electric vehicles (EVs) as an example, has not been thoroughly examined. In this paper, we propose an evaluation framework for energy consumption analysis of ToD. Based on this framework, we analyze the energy consumption of vehicle for sensor data transmission over 5G C-V2X under varying channel conditions and multi-user scenarios. We also investigate the extent to which using ToD is energy-saving compared to the energy consumption of an on-board high-performance computing unit. Our findings indicate that the uplink-based sensor sharing system is more energy-efficient than its sidelink-based counterpart. Additionally, sensor sharing for ToD can save more energy of the battery in the vehicle compared to relying on the high-performance on-board computing unit.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10910110/Unmanned mobility applicationstele-operated driving (ToD)sensor sharingcellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X)energy consumption
spellingShingle Hanyoung Park
Yongjae Jang
Kanghyun Ko
Ji-Woong Choi
Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated Driving
IEEE Access
Unmanned mobility applications
tele-operated driving (ToD)
sensor sharing
cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X)
energy consumption
title Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated Driving
title_full Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated Driving
title_fullStr Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated Driving
title_full_unstemmed Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated Driving
title_short Energy Consumption Analysis of 5G C-V2X Sensor Sharing for Tele-Operated Driving
title_sort energy consumption analysis of 5g c v2x sensor sharing for tele operated driving
topic Unmanned mobility applications
tele-operated driving (ToD)
sensor sharing
cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X)
energy consumption
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10910110/
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