Ericsson has entered an agreement with US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) System Design and Management (SDM) programme to develop solutions for its Autonomous Driving – Predictive Mobility project.

Ericsson’s Autonomous Driving project is claimed to take an innovative software approach in order to combine data and analytics.

This helps the company to better understand driver profiles, context and network awareness in support of app delivery to the autonomous car, including intelligent media streaming.

"Their participation will offer fresh insight and creative perspective to Ericsson’s important Autonomous Driving project."

The MIT SDM team will work in collaboration with Ericsson to design an ‘identity’ module.

This module will help capture a driver’s identity to better identify his preferences and behaviour.

Ericsson Business Unit Support Solution Technology vice-president Mike Kaul said: "We are eager to team with MIT to push the boundaries of autonomous car innovation.

"MIT’s SDM programme combines multiple academic disciplines, including engineering, management and systems thinking, for top-tier, mid-career professionals with several years of work experience who want to innovate and lead.

"Their participation will offer fresh insight and creative perspective to Ericsson’s important Autonomous Driving project."