Operating scenarios for testing Automated Driving Systems in challenging conditions

Authors

C. Anagnostopoulou, A. Bolovinou, A. Amditis – Institut of Communications and Computers Systems (ICCS), H. Weber, J. Hiller - ika, RWTH Aachen University, S. Innamaa - VTT J.-L. Sauvaget - Stellantis

Summary

During planning of a prototype automated driving system's (ADS) testing, the operating scenarios of the systems to be tested are usually described in an abstract, linguistic way as a function of the system's Operational Design Domain (ODD). In this paper, a methodology for operating scenarios definition that integrates ODD conditions under focus, as developed in the European project Hi-Drive, will be presented. For this purpose, two sub-types of ODD specification will be considered for testing the integration of a Hi-Drive enabler technology in the ADS under test: a) the ODD for testing “AD-performance”, in which we test if higher AD performance and prolonged AD usage can be achieved under nominal ODD conditions and b) an extended ODD for testing “AD-availability”, where additional challenging operating conditions are tested which extend the nominal ODD of the AD system under test.