Futuristic Car Use LTE 4G Technology

July 2nd, 2010

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Several years ago there was a car that is designed to connect to 3G networks. According to technological developments that began to enter the 4G era, is now the turn of Long Term Evolution (LTE), which digadang-gadang to connect with multimedia access in a vehicle.

LTE Connected Car Concept

The design of this new technology on display Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) in a future car concepts which are labeled “LTE Connected Car”. This futuristic car displayed at the pavilion Experience Canada in the G-8 and G-20 Summit – International Media Center, 23 to 25 June 2010 in Canada.

According to Alex Giosa, President of Alcatel-Lucent Canada, which incorporates the concept of car navigation, entertainment, diagnostics, and other services are all possible thanks to the ability of LTE-based 4G network.

“LTE Connected Car demonstrating exciting experiences for users who all made possible thanks to the existence of LTE”

This futuristic car designed by Toyota Motor Sales USA and supported by other companies like Atlantic Records, BuzzMedia, Chumby, GameStreamer, Intamac, Kabillion, and QNX Software Systems. “ALU take advantage in the development of advanced mobile broadband, such as triple play and multimedia network to create a new category of mobile devices,” said Giosa.LTE Connected Car works and operates like a standard car in general, but has the speed of the high inter-connectivity. Each passenger can create a personalized multimedia experience through the four touch screen that can be controlled independently. Thanks to the concept of cloud computing, the ability to stream content such as TV, video, audio and data, can be done an unlimited amount. Everything can be done through a single touch.

Also as GIZMAG reported – (pic from John Day’s page)

The LTE Connected Car concept offers independently operated touchscreens that allow access to a menu of entertainment, infotainment, security and driving-related services including:

Video on demand (VOD) – previously recorded video content such as TV programs and movies can be streamed to the vehicle and new content can be rented or purchased in-car for immediate playback or pausing and finishing at home.

Gaming – multi-player games can be played against other passengers within the car, players in other cars or players anywhere in the world via the Internet.

Audio Library – as with video content, an endless audio catalog is accessible from the cloud.

Home Control – the car can connect to home automation and security systems to manage climate control systems and lighting or monitor home or business IP security cameras with streaming video feeds.

Wi-Fi hotspot – an in-car Wi-Fi network allows mobile devices to take advantage of the car’s high-speed connection.

Advanced Navigation – provides real-time GPS updates with point-of-interest overlay and integrated location-based services as well as real-time traffic, weather and road condition alerts.

Road and vehicle monitoring – as well as monitoring the car’s maintenance scheduling, security and theft protection the vehicle also acts as a sensor to collect information about the vehicle’s status, location and road conditions that can be shared with other drivers.