EU promoting car radar system against collision

Brussels [ENA] The current use of the frequencies of the 24-GHz band for short-range anti-collision radar systems in motor vehicles has been extended by the European Commission until the end of 2018. This transitional measure shall enable the sector to develop in the foreseeable future radar systems for passenger cars on the 79-GHz band, which has been identified since 2004 as an appropriate operating frequency.

Today, anti-collision radar systems are still working on a 24-GHz band and only about 0.05% of cars in Europe, mainly in the luxury car segment, are equipped with such a security system. Until now the industry have encountered problems and didn't succeed to make this radar technology in 79-GHz band ready for the market. The Vice President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes considers that manufacturers have now a duty to make available the system for a wide range of motor vehicles - in view of road safety, even for pedestrians. Moreover, the frequency coordination in the entire EU single market is an important part of the Digital Agenda for Europe.

Automotive short range radar (SRR - Short Range Radar) are similar to parking assistants, but with greater range. The SRR properties enable continuous monitoring of the environment of a vehicle and thus the detection of obstacles such as other vehicles, pedestrians or any other objects. Besides a warning of possible collisions, active security measures are triggered automatically, such as automatic braking to avoid collisions or the self-tightening of the seatbelts. - More information to automotive short range radar on http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/radio_spectrum/ topics /transport/srr/index_en.htm