Innovation and European projects

Autostrada del Brennero constantly invests in innovative technologies to improve safety and the quality of services, and to reduce the environmental and noise impact of the infrastructure. Autobrennero’s objective is clear: to create an increasingly sustainable motorway, with zero emissions and zero accidents. To achieve this goal, the company is pursuing two parallel and complementary strategies. On the one hand, it aims to expand the charging network for vehicles powered by green energy sources, such as electricity and hydrogen, thereby promoting cleaner and more sustainable mobility. On the other, it is investing in technological innovation through advanced systems for connected and autonomous driving, capable of increasing road safety, improving traffic management and offering increasingly efficient services to users.

Autostrada del Brennero also participates in numerous European projects dedicated to the development of automated driving and the intelligent management of heavy goods transport. The aim is to build a new model of mobility capable of combining the advantages of private transport with those of public transport, making traffic flow more efficient and reducing congestion, fuel consumption and emissions.

5G-BEAM

5G connectivity along the Brenner Corridor

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The 5G-BEAM project aims at ensuring continuous, high-performance 5G connectivity (in the 700 and 3700 MHz bands) along the Brenner Corridor — one of the main cross-border routes of the TEN-T networks — covering over 400 km of network from Modena (Italy) to Kufstein (Austria) and up to the German border.Funded by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Programme and managed by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA), the project (24-EU-DIG-5G-BEAM) includes two main intervention areas over the next three years:

in Italy, a 5G standalone (SA) network with edge computing capabilities will be deployed along the highway from Modena to the Brenner Pass.
in Austria, a passive 5G SA-ready infrastructure will be installed to support the evolution of connected mobility — ensuring seamless network continuity from the Brenner Pass to Kufstein and the German border.

On both segments, the goal is to pave the way for future CCAM (Connected and Automated Mobility) solutions.The Company will coordinate the project and be involved in the implementation of use cases related to:

Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Network (V2N) communication characterised by ultra-low latency data exchange between vehicles,
enhanced I2V communication focused on the use of 5G, enabling wider deployment of IoT devices for monitoring purposes,
low-latency hybrid V2X communication and infrastructure monitoring via 5G.