Viewing technological changes through Huawei Corps (VI): smart highway

“ To be rich , To build roads ” It is a universal truth printed in the bones and blood of the Chinese , Road infrastructure determines the convenience of transportation conditions , It is the basic and leading condition for the rapid development of a region , It is self-evident that it is important for the economy .

In recent years , All kinds of technology and application innovation in the Internet field are not good , The demographic dividend and flow dividend of the industry are gradually disappearing , In the market of shrinking demand , The era of blooming flowers is far away , The business model of involution is almost dead end . The air outlet of the times starts from meeting the needs of people for consumption and entertainment applications , Towards industry .AI Industrial intelligence is moving towards thousands of industries .

As the capital construction in the capital construction , In the past two years , Transportation power 、“ New infrastructure ” Wait for the promulgation of a series of national policies , It also stimulates the intelligent construction of roads , With the continuous development of smart cities , The market scale of intelligent transportation shows an obvious upward trend .

As an important part of intelligent transportation , The development of smart highway also moves towards the fast lane . Huawei Corps upgraded the smart highway from its previous sub business to coal mine 、 energy 、 An equal legion of rail transit , Undoubtedly, it also attaches importance to road intelligence in intelligent transportation 、 Autopilot 、 Car road coordination 、 The importance of new infrastructure and other policies . As the key vein of industrial development and flow, smart roads connect thousands of needs , It will also bring many impacts and changes to our travel .

The core of industrial chain focus

Many people's understanding of smart roads remains at the perception device of road intersections, smart cameras , Can identify the vehicle ETC etc. . Admittedly, these are representative parts of smart highway , But not all of the smart road .

Smart highway is a systematic concept , To refer to 5G、 The Internet of things 、AI Based on technology , By perception and collection 、 Network communication 、 The road system is composed of decision-making and processing, service provision and other systems . Through the collection of road information 、 Analysis and decision-making, etc , comprehensive 、 Master each section of the road accurately 、 vehicle 、 The condition of the structure , Assist intelligent vehicles to realize environmental perception and motion behavior control , Finally, the safety level of the transportation system will be significantly improved 、 Traffic efficiency and service level .

Smart road is not a new concept , Abroad as early as 80 In the s, research on smart roads was carried out . If we trace the origin of the domestic smart highway ,2008 end of the year , The concept of smart city was proposed , As a key part of smart city, roads have also attracted the attention of many people . The concepts of smart highway and smart city are put forward together . stay “ Much starker choices-and graver consequences-in ” period , The Ministry of transport approves the organization 9 Provinces and cities carry out pilot projects of new generation traffic control network and intelligent transportation ; To 2017 year , Beijing Kyung 、 Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo in the South exceed 100 Kilometer smart Expressway begins to carry out relevant planning 、 Technical verification , Now the Jingxiong smart expressway has been opened to traffic , And Hangzhou Shaoxing Ningbo smart expressway is on the way to traffic .

Within ten years , An industry is rising rapidly . In the industrial chain of smart highway , Provide the Internet of things 、AI、5G Software and hardware technology enterprises are located in the upstream , It is also the core of the smart highway industry chain , Including Tencent 、 Baidu 、 The sea, 、 Huawei and other enterprises . These enterprises act as intelligent highway algorithm systems 、 The integrator role of smart highway platform , It is the most critical existence in the smart highway , The construction and operation of smart roads are dominated by the participants in the traditional highway industry , Gather at the downstream of the industrial chain , It provides the construction, operation and maintenance of road infrastructure .

In the initial stage of development , The debate about smart highway in the industry is mainly “ Build or not ”. With autopilot and “ New infrastructure ” The development of , The self driving industry and policies continue to advance , The route of automatic driving technology ranges from single vehicle intelligence to characteristic vehicle road coordination scheme , Car networking 、 Solutions such as vehicle road coordination urgently need the synchronous development of smart roads .

The rapid evolution of digital intelligence technology , Thousands of industries are being introduced AI Technology to improve quality and efficiency , Ubiquitous digital intelligence connection and data drive , It is also introduced into the traditional highway system , The construction of smart roads can not only ensure people's demand for high-quality travel services and safety , It can also improve the transportation efficiency of the highway , At the macro level , It is also the demand of national development strategy . Building smart roads is no longer a dispute but a must , How to build well has become the main problem faced by technology integrators like Huawei .

Upgrading of road perception and decision making

Smart speed 、 The core purpose of intelligent transportation 、 Beginner's mind , To achieve more security 、 Faster and more efficient 、 More green and convenient travel and cargo transportation . 

From the initial landing time ,2018 The year is the starting point for the pilot development of smart roads . At present, it focuses on the construction and development of pilot projects , The large-scale application of smart roads is also less . So we have no obvious perception .

In the traditional intelligent transportation system , The wisdom of the past is mainly embodied in the system of perception and transmission , Those who participate in the market are mainly manufacturers that provide hardware intelligent devices . Only set points on key road sections or intersections , Coverage is very limited . And the smart road has a higher demand for perception , Need to realize car - road 、 vehicle - Workshop information interconnection , Real time and active monitoring of road network operation and road congestion 、 Ramp flow 、 Equipment failure and other information , This also means higher requirements for market participants , At the same time, it also adds some market space for perception and transmission systems for participants .

In the decision-making system of intelligent management and control, the core of Intelligent Highway , The most obvious change is that in the past, traditional intelligent transportation has almost no ability of intelligent control and decision-making , The main reason is limited by the information collection ability of the perception system , Realize the control and prediction of the whole road section 、 Advanced functions such as response are very difficult . With 5G、 Technology driven dynamic data access such as cloud computing 、 It can meet the real-time requirements of smart highway 、 Complex computing requirements , Reduce manual operation and misjudgment , Realize active prediction 、 Quick response intelligent daily operation and maintenance management .

These core intelligent decision-making system technologies are Huawei 、 tencent 、 Ali, wait for the head AI The strengths of technology enterprises , The intelligent demand of smart highway also provides an opportunity for a large number of Companies in the Internet field that mainly rely on digital intelligence technology to participate in depth . The main technology provider of Hangzhou Shaoxing Ningbo smart expressway is Ali , It can not only support the formation of trucks in the self driving dedicated lane , It can also support the free driving of all automatic driving vehicles .

In the construction of smart highway , Key core 5G、 Cloud computing 、AI Etc. digital intelligence technology is almost controlled by these big factories . From the investment data , Ministry of transport data show ,2014-2020 year , The investment in fixed assets of highway transportation in China has increased year by year ,2020 In, China highway completed fixed asset investment 24312 One hundred million yuan , Than 2019 Annual growth 11%.2021 year 1-11 month , The total investment in fixed assets of highway construction in China is about 23925.7 One hundred million yuan , a 2020 Year-to-year growth 6.0%. Highway informatization and intellectualization is its main reform trend , Under the premise of its own advantages and market development trends, large manufacturers such as Huawei , It's not difficult to understand entering this field where money and social values coexist .

stride across “ Demonstration area ”

Smart highway is a combination of transportation industry and artificial intelligence 、 The Internet of things 、 Cloud computing 、 Industries with deep integration in infrastructure and other fields , That is to say, the composition of a smart road needs the end of the road 、 Edge devices 、 Multiple cooperation in the cloud . At present , China's highway mileage ranks first in the world , According to the data of transportation industry ,2020 The total mileage of national highways at the end of the year 519.81 Thousands of kilometers , Highway maintenance mileage 514.40 Thousands of kilometers , Account for the total mileage of the highway 99.0%. Highways account for 70% above .

Although it is impossible to digitize all roads , However, the overall huge volume and digital demand of roads in the transportation industry , For the development of industry , Still a huge market , It requires the participation and coordination of various forces , To support the construction of its smart highway .

The construction of smart roads is also a gold eater , The investment required is huge . The whole venue of Hangzhou Shaoxing Ningbo smart expressway is about 161 km , The plan is two-way 6 Vehicle Lane , Although it is only 100 kilometers , But the total amount of investment is as high as 707 Billion , The average construction cost per kilometer exceeds 4 Billion . Hangzhou Shaoxing Ningbo is a super highway , Its construction requirements and costs are at the highest level , According to industry insiders , The overall cost of the system based on high-precision sensing equipment is about one kilometer on average 4000-6000 ten thousand .

For the development of smart roads , Cost is the biggest limitation . Limited by cost and installation method , At present, there is less than 5% The road has realized the coverage of information intelligent devices . If the problem of large-scale deployment at the end of the road cannot be solved , Then intelligent transportation can only stay in the demonstration stage .

Although the development of smart roads is a pilot project launched in recent years , But over the years, the chimney construction has gradually become intelligent , Make the system construction time of each road section 、 Standards are different , It is difficult to integrate data level and system level , Cross system connectivity 、 There are difficulties in integration . At the same time, although these systems can be used , But the level of intelligence cannot support the requirements of smart roads , View intelligent parsing 、 Low decision-making ability , Need intelligent upgrade .

The construction of old road systems and new roads requires the comprehensive infiltration and irrigation of Intelligent Technology , This is also the direction that smart roads need to be solved and developed in the future . For technology solution providers , The spatial value of the industry is rich , How to make cost and value services in a cost-effective range is the core of competition .

For a typical technology enterprise like Huawei, which integrates cutting-edge technologies , The smart highway Corps is in this huge market and the industry needs to change , It's natural to occupy market share . Before the flow dividend dries up and reliable new outlets come , Invest in the field of practical digital infrastructure with rich opportunities , The opportunities for each participant are enormous , In the future, let the smart highway go out of the demonstration area , It is the ambition and ambition of all participants to land quickly .

Road traffic technology and logistics 、 Travel services are closely related , The development and construction of smart roads need a lot of money and time . Although the road is blocked and long , But all right but slow decisions take time to grow .

When we run on the smart road that can provide automatic driving , When the brain of the smart highway participates in the management , Congestion has become a thing of the past , When the self driving logistics truck formation drives safely , Send goods from all over the world to all places , These most common travel scenarios are becoming more and more convenient 、 Security , green , So today in the smart highway industry , Everything you do will not be wasted .

Smart roads will also become a footnote to the development history of the intelligent era , Embark on this development “ The fast lane ” It will also make us safer 、 Fast to the depths of the intelligent era .