Organizations: Department of Automation and Mechatronics, Széchenyi István University, Győr, 9026 Hungary · Department of Telecommunications, Széchenyi István University, Győr, 9026 Hungary · Vehicle Industry Development Center, Széchenyi István University, Győr, 9026 Hungary
Global megatrends, such as urbanization, population growth, and emerging network solutions are accelerating the development of the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) industry. There are many truths, some misconceptions, and even some excitement about CAVs in the public's opinion. The main objective of the current article is to provide a comprehensive review, eliminate misconceptions, and outline the future of the network optimization aspects of autonomous vehicles by presenting various multidisciplinary methods, such as cooperative perception. Given our extensive experience with CAVs, we are aiming to share some of the insights and knowledge we have gained, along with relevant use-cases and experiment results.