Author: Ryan Hall
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, will host a virtual testing event focused on implementing 1609.2.1 security for OBU, RSU, Modules, and for those running applications for connected vehicle safety messages.
The testing event is free to OmniAir members, and non-members are welcome to participate for a small fee, that can be applied toward the OmniAir Taipei Plugfest, readiness event in November. The virtual testing event is designed to help C-V2X device manufacturers comply with security standards for connected vehicles and infrastructure communications.
This virtual testing event will take place the week of September 18. Participants will be able to schedule confidential, one-on-one testing sessions with leading V2X security and credential management service providers from around the world, including:
The event will focus on managing the enrollment of security certificates for the Security Credentialing Management System (SCMS) by implementing the IEEE 1609.2.1 Std. TM for On-Board Units (OBU), Roadside Units (RSU), modules, and those running applications for connected vehicle safety messages.
What is the Security Credential Management System?
The Security Credential Management System (SCMS) is a unique security infrastructure that enables multiple vendors to operate in a safety-critical environment. Unlike conventional PKI systems that only support peer-to-peer connections, the SCMS architecture allows multiple devices from different vendors to exchange authenticated messages while preserving the privacy of vehicle owners.
How do vendors interface with the SCMS?
The standard interface devices use to communicate with the SCMS providers are defined by IEEE 1609.2.1, standard, published in 2022. The OmniAir test suite provides a consistent set of validation tests that confirm interoperability and compliance with this standard. Connected vehicle infrastructure operators can be confident that OmniAir Certified® devices can be successfully deployed with a compliant SCMS provider.
What is 1609.2.1?
It contains certificate management protocols that support the provisioning and management of digital certificates, as specified in IEEE Std 1609.2 TM. It ensures the end entities that devices use digital certificates to authorize application activities.
What Happens During a Test Session?
Participating vendors will have the opportunity for one-on-one test sessions with SCMS providers to help ensure readiness for certification and deployment. The private testing session is designed to familiarize vendors with relevant standards and OmniAir security test cases.
Participating vendors will learn from SCMS providers how to:
- Remotely accessing and loading test certificates.
- Enroll and authorize by the SCMS provider.
- Participants can also run through a select series of OmniAir’s security-focused 764b test specifications.
- Prepare your device for OmniAir certification.
The testing event will allow participants time between testing with each SCMS service provider to make any adjustments required to progress through the test process.
This process accurately emulated real-world security interactions between connected vehicles and security portals. For those passing through multiple security interactions, provides device manufacturers confidence that they are ready for OmniAir Certification and that they can deploy a secure OBU or RSU.
As with OmniAir Plugfests, only anonymized, aggregated test results will be published.
About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir offers independent, third-party testing and certification for C-V2X devices through a network of test laboratories worldwide. OmniAir is the only certification body to offer full-stack certification for C-V2X roadside units (RSU), onboard units (OBU), and modules. OmniAir Certified® devices assure deployers that devices conform to industry standards and meet minimal interoperability and security requirements.
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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August 9, 2023 11:50AM
New Working Group for Aftermarket Safety Devices
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, is launching a new Working Group focused on the testing and certification of C-V2X Aftermarket Safety Devices.
There is a growing demand for connected mobility solutions that provide immediate safety benefits to vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders. To meet this demand, vendors are developing and deploying aftermarket solutions that can easily be installed in cars, buses, and bicycles.
OmniAir® Members SPOKE, Commisgnia, and Autotalks have all announced solutions to bring C-V2X safety benefits to protect vulnerable road users (VRU), including bicyclists and pedestrians. Likewise, members like Ettifos and Danlaw are developing solutions for transit and emergency vehicle fleets.
ASDs can differ from traditional C-V2X OnBoard Units (OBU) in distinct ways, including form factor and functionality. OmniAir’s new ASD Working Group will focus on developing requirements and specifications for C-V2X aftermarket solutions.
“Extending the safety benefits of connected vehicles to everyone, including the most vulnerable road users, should be a priority,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “OmniAir is committed to helping support the deployment of C-V2X ASDs through testing and certification.”
The initial focus of the working group will be to develop requirements and a program scope for the program, followed by the development of test cases.
The new OmniAir ASD Working Group will hold its inaugural meeting on Thursday, September 7, at 11 am ET. The inaugural meeting of the Working Group will be open to all OmniAir Members and invited guests.
Interested parties are invited to apply to join the working group online, or send an email to OmniAir’s Berkenda Cantlo 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. www.omniair.org.
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August 1, 2023 1:54PM
OmniAir TCI Now Open-Source
OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, is making its OmniAir’s C-V2X Test Control Interface for device and test systems available for public use via an open-source license.
The OmniAir Test Control Interface, developed by contributions of OmniAir volunteer members, enables a streamlined approach to testing and certifying C-V2X devices.
The OmniAir Test Control Interface is provided at no cost for research, testing, and commercial use under the open-source Apache License 2.0. ITS stakeholder developers and engineers are encouraged to contribute to the code to improve and extend its capabilities.
To Access Our TCI repository on GitHub
“OmniAir® is committed to advancing connected vehicle testing and certification worldwide through open collaboration and cooperation,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “Making our Test Control Interface broadly available will help to make C-V2X testing more effective and efficient, accelerating the development of new and enhanced V2X products and services.”
By opening the OmniAir TCI repository for public use, implementors benefit from the years of TCI development by OmniAir and our volunteer members. The open repository will harmonize the TCI library and code sets across all connected vehicle product testing environments introducing more interoperable devices into the marketplace.
Our TCI enables automated controlled response testing for V2X devices. The TCI supports 802.11p, 3GPP, 1609.x, J2945/1, and J3161/1, in addition to C-V2X test scripts, utilize standard protocols between test tools and devices that allow for automated, controlled, and repeatable testing.
The TCI is scalable and enables users to push “AT” commands and to change XML config files to C-V2X devices under test. These updates will help lower the overall cost of certification testing as the process is automated.
The advantages of using OmniAir’s TCI for the system under test development are as follows.
- Decrease time spent developing, testing, and debugging a system under test.
- Ease of testing by providing V2X-compliant test cases and message formats.
- Ease of access by providing a TCI repository to the public under the open-source Apache License 2.0.
- Offers rich scalability allowing extensions to the existing ASN.1 commands or adding new commands to the library.
- Radio agnostic – the TCI code is implemented at the protocol level allowing any radio or modem layer to interface with it.
OmniAir offers independent, third-party testing and certification for C-V2X devices through a network of test laboratories worldwide. OmniAir is the only certification body to offer full-stack certification for C-V2X roadside units (RSU), onboard units (OBU), and modules. OmniAir Certified® devices assure deployers that devices conform to industry standards and meet minimal interoperability and security requirements.
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 13, 2023 2:54PM
Applications for C-V2X Waivers Heats Up
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.