Author: Ryan Hall
The past two months have seen a flury of new waive applications filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow early C-V2X use of the 5.9 GHz band, in advance of final technical and service rules. These include state departments of transportation, municipalities, universities, and others seeking to deploy C-V2X equipment in the near future.
Each of the new C-V2X waiver requests indicate a willingness by parties to accept conditions approved as part of the waiver allowing early cellular-vehicle-to-everything use of the 5.9 GHz band before the FCC adopts final technical and service rules.
In April, the FCC granted a waiver to the “Joint Waiver Parties, allowing initial C-V2X deployments. However, this waiver was only applicable to the Joint Waiver Parties: Audi of America, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Jaguar Land Rover, the Utah Department of Transportation, AAEON Technology Inc., Advantech Co., Ltd., Applied Information, Inc., Cohda Wireless Pty Ltd., Commsignia, Inc., Danlaw Inc., HARMAN International Industries, Inc., Kapsch TrafficCom USA Inc., and Panasonic Corporation of North America. Other parties, not part of the Joint Waiver are required to file separate waiver applications.
Since the waiver grant in April to the Joint Waiver Parties, the following have submitted amended waiver requests, aligning with the requirements of the waiver grant to the Joint Waiver Parties:
University of Michigan (UMTRI)
In addition, the following waiver requests, filed prior to the grant of the joint waiver, are still pending before the FCC:
North Texas Council of Governments
In total, there are over 20 requests for waivers to allow early deployment of C-V2X have been filed with the FCC.
“The increasing number of waiver requests strongly indicates the growing demand for the C-V2X deployments in the United States,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “OmniAir stands ready to help with our C-V2X device readiness, Plugfest testing events, and certification programs.”
OmniAir Consortium® now offers the only comprehensive, independent, third-party testing and certification program for C-V2X On Board Units (OBU), Roadside Units (RSU), and modules.
Last month, OmniAir launched a new certification program for C-V2X RSUs. A detailed listing and description of standards tested as part of the OmniAir Certification program for C-V2X RSUs and OBUs is available here.
Requiring OmniAir Certified® devices for deployment projects helps to ensure that the RSUs and OBUs conform to industry standards and meet minimal interoperability and security requirements.
For more information about OmniAir Certification programs, please visit our website at www.omniair.org.
If you applied for an Fcc Waiver Certification is the next step!
About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories.
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July 11, 2023 12:01PM
TÜV Rheinland Now OmniAir Authorized Lab for C-V2X Testing
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, Tolling, and Connected Vehicles, announced today that TÜV Rheinland Taiwan Ltd., is now an OmniAir® Authorized Test Laboratory (OATL) for cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) certification testing.
TÜV Rheinland’s facility is the first OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratory in the Greater China region.
OmniAir‘s certification program provides third-party accredited laboratory testing and validation of C-V2X radios and modules to ensure device manufacturers, suppliers, and automotive OEMs entering the V2X market develop products that conform to industry standards and meet minimum performance and interoperability requirements.
This accreditation authorizes TÜV Rheinland to perform laboratory and field testing for C-V2X devices at their Songshan District, Taipei test facility.
“Expanding the OmniAir Certified® program for C-V2X connected vehicle devices globally promotes competition and choice in world-class testing facilities for our members,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “TÜV Rheinland is a proven leader in providing connected vehicle testing, and we are pleased to see their commitment to delivering comprehensive C-V2X certification testing.”
TÜV Rheinland, is committed to running a C-V2X test station at the upcoming OmniAir Taipei Plugfest, November 6-10. If you are interested in providing a test station or you have any combination of V2X devices, including OBU, RSU, or Modules for testing, the early bird registration is open.
OmniAir Consortium Authorized Test Laboratories can be found and verified by visiting our authorized laboratory catalog.
A detailed listing and description of test cases and corresponding standards tested as part of the OmniAir Certification program for C-V2X RSUs and OBUs are available here.
Please visit our certification services page to apply for OmniAir Certification or learn more about our certification, lab authorization, and test equipment qualification programs. If you have questions about OmniAir certification services, please get in touch with us at info@omniair.org.
About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir‘s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. www.omniair.org.
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July 10, 2023 12:27PM
OmniAir Taipei Plugfest Registration Now Open
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, is hosting its first OmniAir Plugfest in Asia in Taipei, Taiwan, the week of November 6-10, 2023.
OmniAir Taipei Plugfest, hosted in partnership with the Taiwan Telematics Industry Association *(TTIA) and Danhai New Town “D-City,” is the premiere connected vehicle testing event in Asia. This week-long event will bring together leading device manufacturers, automotive OEMs, test laboratories, test equipment providers, and deploying agencies from around the world.
In conjunction with the Plugfest, OmniAir, and TTIA will jointly host a one-day “Connected Mobility Seminar” featuring leading Taiwanese officials and experts from government, industry, and academia. Keynote presentations, plenary sessions, and breakout technical sessions will offer attendees marketing, networking, learning, and technical knowledge exchange opportunities.
The OmniAir Taipei Plugfest will feature laboratory bench conformance testing, field performance testing, interoperability, and security testing for C-V2X devices. V2X safety applications and security solutions will also be tested in laboratory and field environments. Laboratory testing will take place at the Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, and field testing will be at the nearby Danhai New Town “D-City” Field Test Facility.
“Taipei is the perfect host city for our first OmniAir Plugfest in Asia” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “Together with our partners in Taiwan, we look forward to welcoming connected vehicle technology vendors and testing professionals from around the world.”
Participation is strongly encouraged for vendors considering applying for device-level OmniAir Certification, a critical step leading to product commercialization and widespread deployment. It is also valuable for test equipment and laboratory providers seeking OmniAir Authorized Test Equipment or OmniAir Qualified Test Laboratory status.
The OmniAir Taipei Plugfest will feature comprehensive testing for C-V2X devices, including OBUs, RSUs, and modules. Depending on the test equipment providers and test laboratories participating, RSU devices can run through OmniAir’s updated LTE-V2X (CV2X PC5) Release 1 Conformance and Interoperability Certification program for the first time.
Click here to view OmniAir’s Test Specifications
OmniAir Plugfests draw device manufacturers, Tier One Suppliers, chipset providers, OEMs, deploying agencies, and leading engineering firms from Asia, Europe, and North America.
Register by August 15 to take advantage of Early Bird pricing!
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About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org
About TTIA
TTIA was established in December 2010, and the mission of TTIA is to expedite the development of the Taiwan telematics industry and to strengthen its global competitiveness. To this end, TTIA is committed to integrating resources, creating added value and business opportunities, and promoting industrial standardization in order to help the telematics industry take deep roots in Taiwan and stay abreast with international developments.
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June 16, 2023 3:20PM
OmniAir Releases Technical Roadmap
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, has published its technical roadmap to guide the organization’s workstream on conformance and interoperability testing programs over the next five years.
The OmniAir Technical Roadmap identifies priorities for developing program scopes, drafting test cases, and other technical work to support OmniAir’s testing and certification programs for wireless communications technologies in transportation.
Approved at the OmniAir Board of Directors June Meeting, this roadmap identifies and prioritizes technical workstreams across OmniAir’s Working Groups and Sub-Working Groups in the following areas:
- Certification Policy
- V2X Technology
- Roadside Infrastructure
- Cybersecurity & SCMS
- Safety Applications
- Tolling & Emerging Payment Technologies
- Road Usage Charge (RUC)
OmniAir’s Technical Roadmap identifies priorities for technical work, including, C-V2X aftermarket safety devices, 5G-V2X (Release 16), certifying V2X safety applications, and 3rd party mobile payment applications for tolling. In addition, the document outlines priorities for adapting OmniAir certification programs for standards in Asia and Europe.
OmniAir Working Groups will also update existing LTE-V2X and RFID tolling certification programs to ensure that OmniAir Certified devices conform to the latest and most relevant industry standards.
“OmniAir is committed to ensuring the availability of trusted communications technologies for transportation through testing and certification,” said Jason M. Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “This technical roadmap lays out an ambitious agenda to test and certify the latest connected mobility and tolling technologies.”
“This is an exciting time to be engaged with OmniAir and to help shape the future of connected vehicles and tolling,” said Mike Brown, Institute Engineer at Southwest Research Institute. “One of the best parts of working with OmniAir is seeing the efforts of your work fulfilled, such as launching a new certification program for LTE-V2X-based RSU and OBU devices.”
Participation in OmniAir Working Groups is open to member representatives of all OmniAir Members. We seek engineers, software developers, and cybersecurity practitioners from across government, industry, and academia with expertise in ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles.
OmniAir will host sessions in August and September with each of the OmniAir Working Groups and invited stakeholders on the roadmap.
Sign up for OmniAir Working Groups on our website or contact a team member at info@omniair.org for more information.
About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.
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June 14, 2023 5:15PM
OmniAir Launches New Certification Program for C-V2X RSU’s
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and conformance for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, has published a new certification program for Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) based roadside units (RSU). This new release is updated to reference new industry standards for RSUs.
OmniAir® is now accepting applications for our independent third-party testing verification program that assesses minimum performance, interoperability, and security of wireless communication technologies used in ground transportation used in connected intersections.
“OmniAir Certification provides assurance that C-V2X equipment conforms to industry standards, requirements and is interoperable,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “This updated program was designed to meet the needs of the marketplace, especially the needs of State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and other infrastructure owner-operators (IOOs).”
To streamline the procurement process for State DOTs and IOOs, OmniAir made public document 753, outlining the OmniAir Certification program and test elements referencing industry standards that OmniAir based it program for LTE-V2X-based roadside units.
State DOTs and other IOOs can confidently require OmniAir Certification as part of their request for proposals (RFPs) for RSU projects, knowing they will deploy trusted, device level interoperable, and secure devices that align with regulatory requirements that are based on published standards.
“Knowing a device will perform at a minimum level, is interoperable, and is secured is vital to the success of our projects,” said Nick Hegemier, Managing Director of Infrastructure for DriveOhio and OmniAir Board Member and chair of OmniAir’s RSU sub-working group. “By providing a choice in vendors, State DOTs and IOOs, will no longer need to sole-source a project, and this will foster competition, drive innovation, and reduce costs, all while reducing the level of integration effort requiring funding by the IOOs.”
OmniAir Certification promotes a standardized, reliable, and secure communication infrastructure, contributing to the successful implementation of intelligent transportation systems and improving overall traffic management and safety regardless of jurisdiction.
What Are the benefits of requiring OmniAir Certified devices?
OmniAir Certification ensures that RSUs from different manufacturers can communicate and work together effectively. By requiring certification, State DOTs and IOOs can promote interoperability and compatibility among RSUs, enabling consistent communication and integration in a multi-vendor environment.
OmniAir Certification involves rigorous testing conducted by an independent third-party laboratory. By mandating certification, State DOTs, and IOOs can have confidence in the quality and reliability of the RSUs they deploy. This helps ensure the RSUs meet industry standards, perform as intended, and withstand real-world operating conditions.
OmniAir Certification verifies that RSUs conform with relevant standards and specifications, such as those defined by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and other relevant industry organizations. Conformance with standards is crucial for communication and interoperability among RSUs and vehicles, enabling intelligent transportation systems’ safe and efficient operation.
OmniAir Certification includes security testing to assess that the device can securely transmit and receive basic safety messages and resistance against cyber threats and vulnerabilities. By requiring certification, State DOTs, and IOOs can ensure that RSUs meet robust security standards, reducing the risk of unauthorized access, data breaches, or system disruptions. This is particularly important in transportation systems where security is crucial for public safety.
All OmniAir Certified RSUs, must meet the regulatory requirements set forth before OmniAir grants certification.
A detailed listing and description of standards tested as part of the OmniAir Certification program for C-V2X RSUs and OBUs is available here.
To apply for OmniAir Certification, or to learn more about our certification, lab authorization, and test equipment qualification programs, please visit our certification services page.
If you have questions about OmniAir certification services, please contact us at info@omniair.org.
About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.