Author: Ryan Hall

OmniAir Consortium®, the leading, global industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles is pleased to announce that GTT Wireless, a global provider of carrier-grade antenna and enclosure solutions headquartered in Rutland, United Kingdom, is OmniAir’s newest member of 2019!

GTT Wireless is an industry front-runner in supporting “mission-critical” mechanical integration for major companies developing IoT and M2M technology, with successful support given to customers in industries ranging from connected vehicles and the public sector to agriculture and rail transport.

GTT Wireless offers production-ready, ‘off-the-shelf’ solutions for rapid deployment in heavily customized projects. GTT Wireless, along with its remote engineering team, is also proud to operate the only IP67 in-house test facility capable of testing down to connector level, certifying reliability and effectiveness when operating in hostile conditions.

“OmniAir® is excited that GTT Wireless, a market leader in providing, EN-60950-22 READY, rugged, easy-to-integrate enclosure and antenna solutions for DSRC, GPS/GNSS, and LTE connectivity has become our latest member,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium.

GTT Wireless has over 20 years of history in the wireless sector and a rich engineering experience within the company which enables it to provide bespoke engineering support for custom solution design incorporating both antenna and enclosures. Customers can benefit from next day delivery of “production-ready” samples through the custom enclosure design tool, which allows them to tailor solutions to meet specific project requirements.

GTT Wireless has a proven track record in providing EN-60950-22 READY enclosure systems for outdoor V2X applications for industry-leading companies in the ITS and connected vehicle markets. It has a stringent quality assurance and management process in place to ensure the unrivaled quality of its hardware and is proud to be certified as fully ISO9001 and ISO14001 compliant. All components are UL approved, and the company can offer full engineering support and facilities to assist with achieving further certification approvals.

“ OmniAir Consortium is an excellent organization and GTT Wireless is delighted to be able to contribute to the consortium’s constant push for greater interoperability and certification in the fast-growing ITS and connected vehicle markets,” says Andy Bird, Managing Director of GTT Wireless. “We look forward to sharing our deep experience in electronics protection to collaborate with OmniAir members and further enhance their global leadership in this field.”

To find out more about GTT Wireless and the company’s broad range of rugged antenna and enclosure solutions, visit gttwireless.com.

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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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading, global industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, is closing out 2019 strong by announcing our ninth OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratory (OATL), The Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH).

KATECH passed an exhaustive audit, making them the third test laboratory to earn OATL status in Asia. KATECH, located in Cheonan, Korea, is the latest OATL to test Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) based onboard-unit (OBU) devices. KATECH’s test facility is Korea’s only research and development institute specializing in auto parts providing comprehensive and systematic technical support playing a leading role in technology development.

“OmniAir® is excited to add the KATECH to our growing portfolio OATL’s as we expanded our global network of test laboratories said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “OmniAir now has three laboratories in Asia, five in North America and one in Europe.”

OmniAir Consortium brings together leading automotive, ITS, and technology stakeholders for the express purpose of advancing wireless communications used in transportation. OmniAir and its members have worked collaboratively with transportation stakeholders to develop requirements and specifications for both tolling and connected vehicles.

OmniAir’s certification program provides third-party accredited laboratory testing and validation of DSRC-based vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) devices to ensure that device manufacturers, suppliers, and automotive OEMs entering the V2X market develop products that conform to industry protocol standards and specifications, to bring about trusted device communications.

OmniAir is currently developing a C-V2X certification program that is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2020.

Learn more about KATECH by visiting their website.

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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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, is pleased to announce that V2X test systems provider, S.E.A. Datentechnik GmbH has joined as the newest member.

Based on many years of experience in the domains of measurement, test and control technology, electronics design, real-time technologies, RF-communication and data management, S.E.A. offers test software, measurement technology and turnkey solutions even for the most complex and demanding applications.

A core activity is the development of products and customized test tools for connected car (V2X), ADAS and mobile communication technology.

The modular V2X test platform from S.E.A. is based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology and comprehends all aspects of automated V2X test from measurements on the physical layer for compliance or production test, protocol level test as well as integrated V2X traffic scenario simulation for the test of V2X applications.

“OmniAir is pleased that a leading test systems provider, S.E.A. is now an OmniAir Consortium Member, ” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium.  “S.E.A.’s expertise and experience V2X and ADAS testing will help OmniAir to advance our testing and certification programs.”

S.E.A. C-V2X test system played a prominent role in the recent OmniAir European Plugfest in Málaga, Spain, which brought together 30 V2X devices for a week-long Connected Vehicle test event, featuring conformance, interoperability, and security testing.

About OmniAir Consortium:

OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. To learn more about OmniAir, please visit our website at www.omniair.org

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Members are invited to submit nominations of candidates to serve on the Board of Directors for OmniAir Consortium®.

OmniAir® is seeking qualified candidates who possess the requisite judgment, experience, and expertise to serve in this leadership capacity. We are seeking candidates who reflect the diversity of OmniAir’s membership, and who are willing and able to dedicate the necessary time and resources to help OmniAir advance its mission.

Elections will take place at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors on December 4, 2019. Directors serve for a term of three years and are eligible for reelection.

Candidates for the OmniAir Consortium Board must be the “primary representative” of an Associate or Executive Member in good standing. Directors will be drawn from both the public and private sectors.

When a representative of an Associate Member is elected to serve as a Director, that member is required to elevate their membership to “Executive” prior to its representative assuming a board seat.

Candidates are requested to submit a letter of interest, and a copy of their resume and/or biography to the Nominating Committee of the Board, via the Executive Director, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern on Friday, November 8.

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The week-long testing event brought together leading V2X device manufacturers, test labs, and test equipment providers from Europe, Asia, and North America.

The event was hosted by DEKRA at their state-of-the-art Connected Vehicle Test Centre in Málaga. We had strong participation, with 28 devices, including 7 Cellular V2X radios, participating.  Participating companies were able to test their devices against conformance, interoperability, security, and location accuracy.  Both lab and field testing were offered.

“This event was undoubtedly OmniAir’s most comprehensive Connected Vehicle testing event to date,” said Jason Conley, OmniAir’s Executive Director.  “OmniAir Plugfests provide an opportunity to V2X vendors to learn from each other and to test in an open and cooperative environment, improving industry performance across the board.”

“The OmniAir plugfest was a highlight for DEKRA since we were looking at so many satisfied faces during the event,” added Thomas Jäger, Head of Technology Management and Senior Vice President Service Division Product Testing. “Collaboration between vendors in early phases of new technology developments is always the best method to achieve sustainable progress. Many thanks to the Omniair team trusting in DEKRA.”

The week kicked off with a successful policy conference where attendees heard and learned from global leaders in their respective fields.  Keynote speakers included Ana Blanco, Deputy Director of Spain’s Directorate General for Traffic, and Maxime Flament, Chief Technology Officer for 5G Automotive Association. Panels on cybersecurity, V2X testing, and deployment around the world, and C-V2X rounded out the day.  This was followed by a sunset networking reception, featuring the best of Andalusian hospitality.

DSRC-V2X device testing included 10 On Board Units (OBUs) and 11 Roadside Units (RSUs), along with 7 early-stage C-V2X devices, reflecting the growing demand for vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) capabilities from infrastructure owner-operators around the world.

The European Plugfest also saw a strong gathering of testing providers, with 19 test stations offering nearly 250 individual test sessions for both field and bench scenarios, both records for a Plugfest. For the first time, participating labs and tool providers offered tests based on both U.S. and European standards.

Tests included multi-root and SCMS certificate provisioning, performance, and profile assessment, application, BSM comparison, BSM plus GNSS position accuracy, 3GppR14/PC5, 802.11p, 1609, J2945/1, ITS 5G, RSU MIB, SPaT and MAP.

Live security certificate interoperability field testing was offered for the first time during the European Plugfest. This test was made possible by the cooperation of our Security Credentials Management System (SCMS) providers and was performed on DEKRA’s test track. Our certificate providers worked hard to create a consolidated Local Certificate Chain File (LCCF) in the months leading up to Plugfest. This consolidated file was then used to bootstrap the OBU and RSU devices. Once bootstrapped, the devices were capable of receiving and transmitting messages from each other, regardless of the security certificates present on the device.

If you or your company participated in OmniAir European Plugfest events, please spend a couple of minutes completing this brief survey. Your answers will help us to improve, and to plan for future OmniAir events. Visit and like our Facebook Page to view photographs of the European Plugfest event. Add your pictures and download your favorites.

On Tuesday, October 22, we will provide OmniAir Members with a review of test results during the next Technical Working Group meeting.  As always, these results will be anonymized and aggregated. For more information, please contact Kate Oldham, OmniAir’s Director of Member Services.

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 DEKRA
DEKRA Group has a workforce of more than 44,000 employees and is present in 50 countries across all continents, core competencies also include testing and certification, test tool development capabilities, development of test plans, test cases, test beds, and certification programs. The range of technologies covered by DEKRA today is wide, including for example GSM, GPRS, HSPA, LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DSRC, NFC, RFID, IPv6, medical devices, wireless charging devices, Continua, eCall, etc. These competences have been recently expanded to cover connected car technologies and cybersecurity.

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