In 1999 the Federal Communications Commission allocated 75 MHz of spectrum for "DSRC based Intelligent Transporation Systems Applications" so as to "increase traveler safety, reduce fuel consumption and pollution, and continue to advance the nations economy." It is now a decade later. We will review the research and products targeting this spectrum. The aim is to evaluate the state of the art in the context of the great hope that underlay the allocation of such valuable spectrum.

Dr. Raja Sengupta is currently Associate Professor in the CEE: Systems Engineering program at the University of California at Berkeley. He received his Ph.d from the EECS department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He is Director of the PATH Wireless Laboratory and Deputy Director of the Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles. His current research interests are in Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), networked estimation and control, vision based control of unmanned air vehicles, and collaborative behavior in robotic systems. He is Associate Editor of the IEEE Control Systems magazine and of the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. He was Program Chair of the IEEE Conference on Autonomous Intelligent Networked Systems 2003 and Co-General Chair of the first ACM MOBICOM Workshop on Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks held in 2004. He was Co-Chair of the Program Committee for the second ACM MOBICOM Workshop on Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks in 2005.

Research work on the feasibility of using wireless communications as an extension to autonomous automotive safety and information systems has continued for a number of years. Many of the academic and industry groups are now looking towards viability of an effective deployment scenario to ensure that V2V and V2I systems can satisfy the requirements of the many intended users. Recently, work has been completed in the EU and US towards deployable systems and components for connected vehicles. This presentation is intended to provide ideas for how to best transition today's early stage research into producible, deployable, but extensible cooperative safety products while continuing additional R&D towards future global technology evolution.

Roger Berg is currently Vice President of Wireless Technologies for DENSO International America, Incorporated’s North America Research Laboratory. His organization is involved in the analysis and development of future intelligent transportation components and systems. He has been with DENSO in this capacity since late 2000. Prior to his current position, he had several senior management and executive positions with Motorola and Sony Electronics leading wireless and consumer electronics product development and manufacturing.
He is primary or co-inventor on eight US patents, and holds a BSEE from the University of Illinois and an MSEE from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a member of SAE.