Volvo said it is developing intelligent, high bandwidth, streaming capabilities for autonomous Volvo cars with its technology partner Ericsson. As an example, Volvo said it sees autonomous cars with their occupants sitting back watching their favourite TV shows in HD.
Autonomous drive will bring a paradigm shift to mobile net demands. Volvo and Ericsson believe that this shift will see an increased need for consistent and high-bandwidth coverage outside densely populated areas such as city centres and suburbs.
Using Ericsson's network and cloud expertise, Volvo Cars wants to deliver a high quality, interruption-free experience in its cars whilst on the move. By predicting the route and looking ahead at network conditions, content will be tailored to the duration of each trip and intelligently buffered to deliver a high quality and uninterrupted viewing experience.
By learning the most common routes and times of travel and understanding media preferences, future Volvo cars will be able to provide one-click navigation and a customised preference based list of potential media - allowing customers to choose routes and select content tailored to the amount of autonomous time that is available during their commute.
