Author: Ryan Hall

OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling and connected vehicles, announces that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued a trademark registration for OmniAir Consortium’s certification mark—OMNIAIR CERTIFIED (stylized & design).

The OmniAir Certified® mark is used by tolling and V2X device manufacturers, test laboratories and test equipment providers whose products have met OmniAir Consortium’s rigorous requirements for certification.

Founded in 2004, OmniAir® offers independent, third-party testing and certification, to ensure that V2X and tolling devices meet OmniAir’s testing requirements for conformance, interoperability, security, and performance.

“OmniAir Certification provides assurance to agencies and OEMs that these trusted communications devices conform with industry standards and meet OmniAir’s rigorous testing requirements,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium.

In 2017, OmniAir launched the world’s first certification program for DSRC-V2X devices (OBUs and RSUs).  OmniAir also offers testing and certification for RFID tolling tags and readers.

All testing is performed through a network of eight OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratories across North America, Europe, and Asia, using OmniAir Qualified Test Equipment, and validated test cases.

OmniAir Consortium members and stakeholders are developing new certification programs for C-V2X devices, and multi-protocol RFID tolling tags and readers. These two new OmniAir Certification programs are expected to launch later this year.

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, will be working with test equipment vendors and test laboratories to provide comprehensive conformance and interoperability testing of V2X devices at the upcoming European Plugfest, hosted by DEKRA at their Testing & Certification S.A.U. Laboratory in Málaga, Spain.

Over the last two years, OmniAir has hosted several successful testing events in the United States and our first international event in Quebec, Canada. OmniAir has hardened its test cases and is ready to move beyond North America, with our first event in Europe this Fall and planned events in Asia beginning in 2020.

OmniAir has leveraged its vast experience in certifying DSRC-V2X devices and has applied that knowledge to begin testing and certifying C-V2X devices. Over 90 percent of OmniAir’s DSRC test specifications directly translate to C-V2X, and we believe certification of these life-saving devices is vital, irrespective of the radio technology being deployed.

For the first time, OmniAir is offering wide-ranging C-V2X conformance and interoperability testing against OmniAir test cases. OmniAir members, and test equipment vendors, Keysight Technologies, Rohde & Schwarz, and Spirent are offering comprehensive C-V2X testing.

“There is no better place to host OmniAir’s first European Plugfest then at DEKRA, our first OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratory (OATL) in Europe,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “We are excited to bring our testing event to Europe to promote global interoperability and certification for V2X devices.”

Participants will be able to take advantage of state-of-the-art testing at DEKRA’s test track and host facilities. Their track includes real and simulated infrastructure elements and vehicles, as well as replicas of elements that interact with devices during testing. The track will be utilized to perform location accuracy tests, which are growing in importance, as OmniAir prepares to issue conformance release II test specifications, where location accuracy tests are required. The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) test tool will be used to evaluate devices for BSM performance and location accuracy.

OmniAir will open the registration for the event on Monday, July 22. If you have questions about participating as a presenter for the policy series, test station or sponsoring the OmniAir European Plugfest, contact Ryan Hall, Senior Director – Marketing and Business Development.

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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading, global industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles announces our eighth OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratory (OATL). The Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) passed an exhaustive audit and is the second test laboratory to earn this status in Korea.

TTA is the latest OATL to test Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) based onboard-unit (OBU) devices. TTA’s test facility is located in one of Korea’s largest industrial centers, and home to the Samsung Electronics R&D center in Suwon, Korea just 19 miles south of Seoul. TTA is strategically positioned to service the growing need to certify critical lifesaving technology for connected and autonomous vehicles.

“OmniAir has expanded our global network of test laboratories with five laboratories located across North America, one in Europe, and now two in Korea, said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “As the need for global certification grows, OmniAir is able to meet that demand and we hope to add two more OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratory’s by the end of the year.”

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 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.

First launched in 2017, OmniAir’s DSRC-V2X certification program is the first of its kind in the world, offering conformance and interoperabiity testing for DSRC-based V2V and V2I devices. OmniAir also offers certification for RFID tags and readers used in electronic toll collection systems across the United States, as well as DSRC based onboard units (OBUs) and roadside units (RSUs).

About OmniAir
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 excited to announce the next event in the OmniAir Summer Series: “Truck Platooning: V2X Technology in Action.”

This policy roundtable will take place on Thursday, July 25 in Washington, DC.  The event is scheduled from 4:00 to 5:30 EDT, with a reception to follow.  Registration is available online.

OmniAir Summer Series events are designed to highlight how connected vehicle technology is being used today to save lives, to reduce congestion, and to improve the efficiency of our transportation system.  Many of these technologies are actively utilizing the 5.9 GHz Band—also known as the Safety Spectrum.

This event, focused on truck platooning, which uses Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications to connect the braking and acceleration systems between trucks, improving fuel efficiency and safety. Moderated by Pete Gould Founding Partner Shared Mobility Strategies along with key panelists to include:

  • Ken Leonard, Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Jeff Loftus, Chief, Techolgy Division Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology, Federal Carrier Safety Administration
  • Steve Boyd, Co-Founder, VP External Affairs & Market Development, Peloton Technology, Inc.
  • Steve Novosad, Associate Vice President ITS, HNTB Corporation

Panelists will define platooning and the benefits it brings, while discussing pilots and operational deployments in truck platooning technology that are paving the way for more autonomous life saving developments.

For further information on our summer series policy discussions, or if you are interested in participating in future events please contact Bonnie Buchanan at bbuchanan@omniair.org

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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On June 27, OmniAir Consortium will kick off its “C-V2X Certification Initiative” with a workshop in Milpitas, California. The workshop, hosted by Bureau Veritas, will provide participants with an opportunity to help shape the requirements for OmniAir’s future C-V2X Certification Program.

Attendees will learn about the state-of-the-market for C-V2X devices, as well as a technical deep-dive into the technology, to include the latest testing and standards development. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback on OmniAir’s proposed test plans, and to offer input on requirements for the future certification program.

In 2017, OmniAir launched the world’s first certification for DSRC-V2X, providing assurance that devices conform with industry standards, and meet minimum interoperability and security requirements. OmniAir plans to build on this successful certification program, and extend its certification offerings to the rapidly growing market for C-V2X.

“All Connected Vehicle devices, regardless of the underlying radio technologies, should be subject to the same rigorous testing and certification requirements,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “This workshop will be the first step toward making OmniAir Certification available to meet the needs of the rapidly-growing marketplace for C-V2X technologies.”

Device manufacturers, Tier One suppliers, OEMs, deploying agencies, chipset manufacturers, test labs, and test equipment providers have signed up to contribute to the development of a robust certification program for C-V2X devices.

Seating is limited, and tickets must be purchased by June 26 at 5:00 pm EDT. Lunch will be provided. To view, the agenda and be part of the conversations use the click on the register button!

The contributions captured during the workshop will continue to be developed and refined in OmniAir’s Connected Vehicle Technical Working Group, chaired by Mike Brown of the Southwest Research Institute, as well as in the C-V2X Subgroup led by Jim Lansford of Qualcomm.

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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