Command and Control for Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles: An Approach Emphasising Interoperability

Abstract

The Command and Control (C 2 ) system for intelligent autonomous, supervised or teleoperated vehicles comprises three infrastructural elements; the system architecture, the system processes and the management processes. This paper addresses each of these C 2 issues through a unified framework for the achievement of “quality” in system design and performance, with greater compatibility, extensibility and reusability of subsystems between different Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAVʼs). The paper objectives are to support increased interoperability of subsystems and components within developing standards for open systems architectures for real-time intelligent autonomous vehicles, and highlights an emergent approach to this problem based on the application of the techniques of object orientation.