Performance Assurance
The SUNRISE Safety Assurance Framework (SAF) is a harmonized structure of methods, tools and data that allows stakeholders to determine whether a Cooperative Connected Automated Mobility (CCAM) system meets a set level of safety, for introduction and during deployment.
The SAF is based on the multi-pillar approach from UNECE’s New Assessment/Test Method for Automated Driving (NATM).
The Safety Performance Assurance block includes but is not limited to methods and tools that:
- create, format, store and extract relevant scenarios
- allocate relevant scenarios to different test environments
- execute relevant scenarios in different test environments
- analyse and evaluate test results
- elaborate evidence-based safety argumentation and decisions
In the SUNRISE project, the focus is on Performance Assurance using a scenario-based approach and incorporating virtual, hybrid- and physical test environments. In addition, it features the SUNRISE Data Framework which allows users to obtain scenarios from multiple qualified scenario databases.
At a high level, the Safety Performance Assurance block comprises the Scenario, Environment, and Analyse sub-blocks. Essentially, this means that to conduct the safety assurance process, a set of scenarios is needed, an environment for executing these scenarios, and a process to analyse the execution results to determine whether the system is safe.