Field Deployment and Performance Evaluation of an NR-V2X C-ITS Test Corridor over a 5G SA Private Network
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper presents the field deployment and performance evaluation of a New Radio Vehicle-to-Everything (NR-V2X) Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System (C-ITS) test corridor over a 5G stand-alone (SA) private network, implemented on a 40 km highway in Istanbul, Turkey. The deployment integrates 19 dual-sector gNBs, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) core network components, and an O-RAN-compatible Rel. 17 architecture and evaluates six ETSI-compliant C-ITS scenarios under a systematic 3 × 3 experimental matrix spanning three vehicle speeds and three traffic density categories. Key quantitative findings include the following: (i) 98.9% of the corridor achieves the target RSRP of −110 dBm, confirming coverage viability; (ii) five of the six scenarios satisfy ETSI end-to-end latency requirements across all tested conditions, with the packet delivery ratio remaining above 94% throughout; and (iii) the Emergency Vehicle Approaching (EVA) scenario meets its stringent 20 ms latency requirement exclusively under free-flow conditions (μ = 14.7 ms) and progressively exceeds it under medium- and high-density traffic (μ = 26.6 ms and μ = 40.1 ms, respectively). These results provide quantitative evidence that MEC integration is a necessary architectural complement to the 5G SA private network for ultra-low-latency safety services and establish a reproducible reference architecture for public highway C-ITS deployments.
Source: Electronics
Author: Erdem Demircioglu
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,896
Award: G1228331147
OpenAlex ID: W7164914946