AdFunOff

Adaptive Function Offloading

Environment modelling and trajectory planning demand substantial computing power. Function offloading moves such services to edge or cloud servers – for instance to guide a vehicle through a construction site outside its onboard planner's operational design domain. So far, this has required stable connectivity assured by geofencing.

AdFunOff makes offloading adaptive: using the ENVELOPE APIs CAMARA Predictive Connectivity Data and Quality on Demand, the vehicle anticipates whether a service can be offloaded and falls back to onboard processing before connectivity degrades. This improves scalability, efficiency and safety.

After simulation and integration into two automated research vehicles, the function will be validated in the Dutch living lab in Helmond and shown at a public demonstration day.