Author: Ryan Hall

OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, is excited to announce that Confidex Ltd. has joined as an Associate Level member.

Confidex, based in Tampere, Finland, is a leading supplier of high-performing contactless smart tickets, industrial RFID & NFC tags and specialty labels, as well as Bluetooth beacons – the key enablers for short-range wireless IoT solutions that make supply chains, transactions and authentication of goods or people more efficient and secure.

Confidex offers a range of smart mobility solutions, including ISO18000-6C RFID (“6C”) tags for electronic toll collection, as well as contactless smart tickets for public transportation.  Confidex 6C tags were among the first OmniAir Certified® devices, dating back to 2013.

“We are excited to have a recognized market leader like Confidex as our newest OmniAir® member,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “We are looking forward to their contributions to the development of our testing and certification programs for electronic toll collection, and other transportation technologies.”

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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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for connected vehicles, ITS, and transportation payment systems, announces that the Savari MobiWAVE® On-Board-Unit (OBU) conforms to industry protocol standards and specifications and has earned OmniAir Certification.

OmniAir® has certified the DSRC radio configuration, of the Dual-Mode C-V2X/DSRC MobiWAVE 2000 OBU. The MobiWAVE conforms to the Release 1 test cases generated from IEEE 802.11:2012 and 2016’s IEEE 1609, SAE J2735, and SAE J2945.1 standards applied in the Connected Vehicle transportation environment.

“Congratulations to Savari for earning its first OmniAir Certification for a V2X radio,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “OmniAir only awards certification to trusted communications devices that conform to industry standards, and meet minimum interoperability and security requirements.”

“Achieving OmniAir Certification for our MobiWAVE OBU is a major milestone in our mission to make the world’s roadways safer and smarter through the use of trusted and secure V2X solutions,” said Paul Sakamoto, Chief Operations Officer for Savari. “Earning OmniAir Certification for a V2X solution is not easy. The OmniAir Certification mark is a sign of the quality and interoperability that the automotive market is demanding.”

OmniAir® has offered certification for DSRC-V2X devices since 2017 and is preparing to launch the world’s first comprehensive certification program for C-V2X devices (PC5), in the fourth quarter of 2020.

This new program will help to meet the growing demand by deploying agencies for trusted communications devices for connected vehicles and connected infrastructure.

The OmniAir C-V2X Certification program will ensure that trusted C-V2X devices conform with industry standards, and meet minimal interoperability, security, and performance requirements as our certified DSRC devices.

To learn more about the Savari MobiWAVE OBU and other OmniAir Certified devices, please visit our product certification page.

 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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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles announced that it has released its initial set of test cases developed specifically for C-V2X technology.  These new test cases will form the basis for a new, independent, third-party testing and certification program for C-V2X technologies to be offered by OmniAir Consortium.

Over the past twelve months, OmniAir® members have developed the first comprehensive set of test cases for C-V2X (PC5) radios, based on industry standards.  These include new test cases for On-Board Units (OBU) and Roadside Units (RSUs).  Many test cases are based on existing test specifications for OmniAir’s existing certification program for DSRC-V2X radios.

OmniAir C-V2X Test Cases are Based on the Following Standards: 

  • 3GPP 36-521 & 36-523 Radio Transmissions & Receptions
  • SAE J3161/1:2020 OBU LTE-V2X Communications
  • IEEE 1609.2:2017, 2a & 2b:2019 Security Services
  • IEEE 1609.2.1(CAMP):2020 SCMS & Certificates
  • IEEE 1609.3:2020 Network Services
  • IEEE 1609.4:2016 Multi-Channel Operations
  • SAE J2735 Message Decoding
  • SAE J2945/1:2020 V2V Minimum Performance
  • SAE J2945/1 & /1A:2020 BSM Checklist Driving Test
  • SAE J2945/1A:2020 BSM Min. Performance & Location Accuracy Field Testing
  • SAE J2735 SPAT per 783-OA-TSS&TP-SPAT
  • SAE J2735 MAP per 782-OA-TSS&TP-MAP

“The development of over 300 new OmniAir test cases for C-V2X radios is a major milestone for the industry,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “This will help ensure that C-V2X radios will meet the same rigorous, independent testing and certification process as other connected vehicle communications technologies.”

OmniAir’s initial C-V2X test cases will be evaluated during the OmniAir Global Plugfest, scheduled to begin September 28.  OmniAir Plugfests are the premier testing event for connected vehicle technologies, bringing together leading device manufacturers, test laboratories, test equipment providers from around the world.  This year’s event will offer remote field, bench, and security testing at six locations across Europe, Asia, and North America over a three-week period.

The draft plugfest test plan will be made available in advance of this event exclusively to OmniAir members, as well as registered participants of the OmniAir Global Plugfest.  Testing will help to strengthen and validate our initial test cases in advance of the launch of OmniAir’s C-V2X Certification program later this year.

If you are interested in participating in the OmniAir Global Plugfest to demonstrate your C-V2X device capabilities and readiness, contact Ryan Hall, Sr. Director of Marketing & Business Development.

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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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification in ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, announces a Call for Speakers for its first worldwide Connected Vehicle Workshop during the OmniAir Global Plugfest, September 28 – October 2.

OmniAir Global Plugfest is the premiere testing events for connected vehicle technologies, bringing together V2X Device Manufacturers, Government officials interested in deploying certified technology, Automotive OEMs and Tier One Suppliers, Engineering Firms and Systems Integrators, Infrastructure Owner-Operators, V2X Test Laboratories, and V2X Test Tool Providers from around the world.

This year’s event will feature a remote testing format, with conformance, interoperability, security, and field testing at leading test laboratories across Asia, Europe, and North America.

As part of this event, OmniAir will host a Virtual Connected Vehicle Workshop, and technical learning sessions.  Participants will have the opportunity to tune into content from industry experts and thought leaders in the form of fireside chats, panels, unique presentations, and keynotes all from the comfort of their home office. They will also have the opportunity to participate in virtual networking, to connect with industry professionals from across the globe.

OmniAir is inviting leading ITS, automotive, and transportation experts from academia, government, and industry to submit abstracts and proposals for panel sessions.  Topics will include the following:

  • Cellular V2X and the Global Race to 5G
  • Connected and Automated Vehicle Testing
  • Automotive Cybersecurity
  • Smart Cities, Sustainability, and IoT Deployment
  • Advancing Social Equity through Connected and Automated Vehicles

Interested in presenting? To join our program of expert speakers, complete the online application form, or send your proposal to Kate Oldham before Tuesday, September 1st.

Interested in sponsoring? OmniAir offers several attractive sponsorship packages, please contact Ryan Hall for more information or to become an OmniAir Global Plugfest sponsor today!

OmniAir Plugfest events provide unparalleled value and benefit to the entire Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) ecosystem. We hope you will join us!

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Today, OmniAir is proud to announce our worldwide connected vehicle testing event – the OmniAir Global Plugfest!

For the first time, OmniAir will offer testing at locations across three continents, North America, Europe, and Asia!

This full-scale event will allow participants the opportunity to participate in virtual networking, tune into content from industry experts and thought leaders, and engage in extensive conformance and interoperability testing from the comfort of their home office.

This year’s event will feature testing hubs, strategically placed around the world, to provide access to vendors from the ease of their computers.

Testing will consist of a combination of on-site testing, conducted by OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratories (OATL) personnel, and virtual witnessing for C-V2X and DSRC devices at each location. Participating device manufactures will have the option of accompanying their device at each hub or send a device to each test hub and participate virtually.

What’s New This Year

V2X device makers will have the opportunity to have their units tested at each participating hub, by OmniAir technical staff and OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratories Bureau Veritas, DEKRA, SGS, and TTA. Test laboratories will be utilizing OmniAir Qualified Test Equipment, and OmniAir member test equipment from Anritsu, Danlaw, Keysight, Rohde & Schwarz, S.E.A., Spirent, SwRI, Vector and Wayties.

Week 1 (September 28 – October 2)
DEKRA – Málaga, Spain
OmniAir – Austin, Texas

Week 2 (October 5-8)
TTA – Seoul, Korea

Bureau Veritas – Seoul, Korea

Week 3 (October 12-15)
Bureau Veritas – Detroit, Michigan
SGS – San Diego, California

We are also opening testing to members of our partner organizations, including the 5GAA and ITS Korea. Multiple active testing hubs will be available each week over a three-week period.

What is the Primary Focus of the Plugfest?

The primary objective of the Global Plugfest is to evaluate our initial test specifications developed for OmniAir’s C-V2X certification program for roadside-units (RSU) and onboard-units (OBU) that will launch this fall.

What are the New C-V2X Test Cases?

OmniAir members have developed over 120 new test cases for C-V2X devices.

  • 3GPP PHY (28)
  • J3161/1 Radio (10)
  • Applications (~10)
  • SCMS & Sec Certs (4)
  • 1609.2 Sec (31)
  • 1609.3 NS (26/10)
  • J2735 WSMs (6/10)
  • J2945/1 BSMs (14)
  • RSU 4.1 & SNMP (35)
  • OBU: Drive Test (10)
  • OBU: Loc Accy (15)

For more information about the event or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ryan Hall, OmniAir’s Sr. Director of Marketing & Business Development.

To register for device testing or for the policy conference, hit the registration button below.

About OmniAir Consortium

OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification in 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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