An SDR-in-the-Loop Carla Simulator for C-V2X-Based Autonomous Driving

In this demo, we showcase an integrated hardware-software evaluation platform for collaborative autonomous driving. The vehicle control and motion dynamics are simulated by SUMO [1], and the communications among vehicles are realized by software defined radios, which are programmed to run the standardized Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) Mode 4 protocol. We implement our parallel communication scheme [2] and demonstrate a platooning autonomous driving system. The platform can be extended to run more advanced collaborative autonomous driving applications in the future.