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Main Authors: Böhm, Johannes, Schöneberg, Eric, Schmidt, Kevin, Fischer, Wolfgang, Görges, Daniel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01795
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author Böhm, Johannes
Schöneberg, Eric
Schmidt, Kevin
Fischer, Wolfgang
Görges, Daniel
author_facet Böhm, Johannes
Schöneberg, Eric
Schmidt, Kevin
Fischer, Wolfgang
Görges, Daniel
contents This paper proposes a dynamic distance adaptation for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) under time-varying network conditions. When the Quality of Service (QoS) drops below a level required to maintain desired inter-vehicle distances, an online adaptation of the reference distances, reflected by a change of the time headway factor, becomes necessary. We present a control design algorithm realizing a graceful degradation, for which a distance control to a virtual preceding vehicle is introduced. Furthermore, the Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQC) framework is applied to guarantee robust stability of the time-varying system. The concept is validated in simulation and experimentally using small-scale test vehicles.
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spellingShingle Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control with Variable Time Headway for Graceful Degradation under Fluctuating Network Quality of Service
Böhm, Johannes
Schöneberg, Eric
Schmidt, Kevin
Fischer, Wolfgang
Görges, Daniel
Systems and Control
This paper proposes a dynamic distance adaptation for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) under time-varying network conditions. When the Quality of Service (QoS) drops below a level required to maintain desired inter-vehicle distances, an online adaptation of the reference distances, reflected by a change of the time headway factor, becomes necessary. We present a control design algorithm realizing a graceful degradation, for which a distance control to a virtual preceding vehicle is introduced. Furthermore, the Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQC) framework is applied to guarantee robust stability of the time-varying system. The concept is validated in simulation and experimentally using small-scale test vehicles.
title Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control with Variable Time Headway for Graceful Degradation under Fluctuating Network Quality of Service
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01795