Automated Passive Interoperability Testing for Cellular V2X

Published

September 9, 2026

Author(s)

Davide Pesavento, Yuyin Song

Abstract

Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X), a critical component of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), is a wireless technology that enables vehicles to communicate with their surroundings (e.g., other vehicles, roadway infrastructure like traffic lights, and pedestrians) to improve road safety and efficiency of safety-critical applications (e.g., emergency brake warning, intersection collision warning). However, a significant challenge for the mass deployment of C-V2X technology is the mutual interoperability and seamless communication between diverse On-Board Units (OBUs) and Road-Side Units (RSUs). Therefore, interoperability testing, measurement, and assessment methodologies are crucial to overcome this challenge. This paper presents an open-source, automated, passive interoperability testing tool designed to orchestrate synchronized data acquisition across heterogeneous C-V2X hardware platforms. By utilizing a passive or non-intrusive approach on the C-V2X device, the tool automates the lifecycle of packet capture on the PC5 sidelink interface without altering the radio environment or requiring proprietary software access. Our tool provides a vendor-agnostic, scalable, and extensible framework for collecting high-fidelity traces necessary for cross-vendor protocol validation and standardized interoperability analysis.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Measurement in Networking and Communications (MNC)

Conference Dates

July 13-16, 2026

Conference Location

Naples, IT

Conference Title

2026 IEEE International Symposium on Measurement in Networking and Communications (MNC)

Pub Type

Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MNC69143.2026.11680960

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Keywords

Cellular V2X, Interoperability, OBU, Passive Interoperability Testing, RSU, Sidelink, V2I, V2V

Citation

Pesavento, D. and Song, Y. (2026), Automated Passive Interoperability Testing for Cellular V2X, Proceedings of 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Measurement in Networking and Communications (MNC), Naples, IT, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MNC69143.2026.11680960, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=961993 (Accessed September 18, 2026)

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