Spoke, a mobility platform for safety, connectivity, and rich rider experiences, plans to bring connected technology to vulnerable road users (VRUs), including bicyclists and scooter riders, using Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) solutions from Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The Spoke hardware and software suite features the C-V2X solutions, and is designed to be a connected system that offers secure, direct communication for contextual awareness and alerts between drivers and riders, enhancing safety for VRUs.
![Spoke’s hardware and software suite enables increased environmental awareness for vulnerable road users such as cyclists. Courtesy of Spoke.](/images/Web/Articles/2021/8/20/BIZ_Spoke_and_Qualcomm_Collaborate_on_Safety_WEB.jpg)
Spoke’s hardware and software suite enables increased environmental awareness for vulnerable road users such as cyclists. The company has announced it will use Qualcomm Technologies' C-V2X solution in a connected system. Courtesy of Spoke.
C-V2X is designed to enable reliable, low-latency direct communication between VRUs, vehicles, and roadside infrastructure in the 5.9-GHz ITS spectrum without reliance on cellular networks. C-V2X is also globally compatible with 5G networks and cloud-based APIs, enabling numerous capabilities with artificial intelligence/machine learning to enhance safety features and vehicle automation.
The Spoke solution is intended to provide direct communication between road users, vehicles, and roadside infrastructure without the need for a cellular network, delivering the level of dependable real-time information critical for safety applications. This capability provides critical augmentation to other advanced driver assistance systemssensors, such as cameras, radar, and lidar.