International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication sector (ITU-R) Working Party (WP) 5A would like to introduce itself to UNECE WP on Automated/Autonomous Connected Vehicles (GRVA). ITU-R WP 5A addresses the radio communication issue of Land Mobile Service and is responsible for studies related to the Land Mobile Service and wireless access including RLANs (Radio Local Area Networks). Within WP 5A, Working Group (WG) 5A-5 addresses the issues pertinent to new technology, such as ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), CAV (Connected Automated Vehicles) and MTC (Machine Type Communications).

Introduction to ITU activity addressing radio communication aspects of CAV, such as descriptions of communication methods, use cases and radiocommunication systems for CAV, as well as radiocommunication requirements and spectrum needs for CAV.