Author: Ryan Hall

Last week, OmniAir Consortium® and the Intelligent Transportation Society of Korea (ITS Korea) signed a historic agreement that will ensure that OmniAir’s test specifications are used by ITS Korea to certify V2X devices for deployment in Korea. This is OmniAir’s first international license agreement. It serves to align the requirements for certifying DSRC devices in the United States and Korea, and will help to advance global interoperability for Connected Vehicle technologies.

The agreement also contemplates the creation of a joint certification mark indicating that devices are both OmniAir Certified® as well as certified by ITS Korea. ITS Korea is also joining OmniAir Consortium as an Executive Level Member.

“OmniAir Consortium is honored to partner with ITS Korea to promote certification and interoperability for connected vehicle technologies,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “We look forward to working hand-in-hand with our Korean partners to advance the deployment of these life-saving technologies around the world.”

This follows on a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations, executed in November of last year, pledging cooperation on promoting interoperability and alignment of V2X certification programs in Korea and in the United States. OmniAir and ITS Korea have formed a Cooperation Council that meets quarterly, helping to advance V2X interoperability and certification in both markets.

The signing ceremony took place Wednesday, June 12 at the aT Center in Seoul in conjunction with the ITS Korea C-ITS Division Meeting. Following the ceremony, OmniAir staff Randy Roebuck, Vice President of Engineering and Technical Programs, and Kate Oldham, Director of Member Services, presented to attendees of the C-ITS Division Meeting.

Kate Oldham, OmniAir’s Director of Member Services, met with OmniAir Members PentaSecurity, Keysight, Chemtronics, and Bureau Veritas Korea to further strengthen our ties with one of our fastest growing segments within our membership base.

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.

About ITS Korea:
ITS Korea’s mission is to promote mutual cooperation among the public and private sectors for efficient implementation of ITS and to contribute to the development of ITS field through various research, policy consultation, technology promotion, and business activities related to ITS. Learn more about ITS Korea at https://itskorea.kr/english/main.do

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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, announces its newest Executive Member, the North Carolina Turnpike Authority.

Since 2002, the Turnpike Authority has worked to deliver toll facilities to help give drivers more choices in how they reach critical destinations, These transportation options also reduce congestion along heavily traveled routes and provide an additional revenue stream for building new commuter routes.

The Turnpike Authority has been at the leading edge of implementing new toll collection technologies, and was the first agency in the United States to read three transponder protocols in a tolling environment. NCTA’s Executive Director, J.J. Eden, was a founder of the Interagency Group, better known for the E-ZPass system.  He also serves as President & CEO of the Alliance for Toll Interoperability, a non-profit.

With a rapidly growing population and roadways becoming increasingly congested, traditional road-building funds are stretched thin. As a result, tolls are becoming an increasingly important solution to financing new road construction projects in North Carolina. The Turnpike Authority has six projects under development, which would add 64-miles of open-road tolling allowing more options for commuters.

“North Carolina is a recognized leader in adopting new technologies and innovative approaches to transportation challenges,” said OmniAir Consortium Executive Director Jason Conley. “We are excited to have the Tolling Authority as OmniAir’s newest member, helping to advance our mission.”

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

About North Carolina Turnpike Authority:
Since 2002, the Turnpike Authority has worked to advance toll facilities to help give drivers more choices in how they reach critical destinations while also reducing congestion along heavily traveled routes and providing an additional revenue stream for building new commuter routes. Learn more about the Turnpike Authority at www.ncdot.gov/divisions/turnpike

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OmniAir will be offering several informative Q&A discussions around the country this summer to keep the conversation going about the important work surrounding connected and automated vehicles. 

On June 27, OmniAir Consortium® will kick off this summer series with a C-V2X Certification Workshop at their Silicon Valley location in Milpitas, California.

OmniAir launched its first certification program, for RFID tolling devices in 2012. Since 2017, OmniAir has offered the world’s only comprehensive certification program for DSRC-V2X devices.  In order to meet the needs to the growing market for C-V2X, OmniAir is developing a program, in cooperation with stakeholders, to certify C-V2X devices for conformance and interoperability.

This workshop is an opportunity to help shape OmniAir’s C-V2X Certification Program, which we plan to launch later this year.  This is a roll-up your sleeves workshop to help kick-start the effort to develop the policies and test specifications for this important program.

 

Who should attend?

Device manufacturers, Tier One suppliers, OEMs, deploying agencies, chipset manufacturers, test labs, test equipment providers, and others interested in contributing to the development of a robust certification program for C-V2X devices.

Visit our event website for additional information and to register.

Agenda 

9:00 am – 12:00 noon

  • Registration and Breakfast
  • Welcome
    • Steve Novosad, Vice President, HNTB Corporation, Chair, OmniAir Consortium
    • Leslie Bai, Vice President, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, Inc.
  • OmniAir Overview
    • Jason Conley, Executive Director, OmniAir Consortium
  • C-V2X Marketplace – A Global Perspective
    • Jim Misener, Senior Director, Product Management, Qualcomm
  • C-V2X Technology Overview
    • Jim Lansford, Director, Technical Standards, Qualcomm
    • Sean Maschue, Principal Engineer, Qualcomm
    • Laszlo Virag, Chief Technology Officer, Commsignia, Inc.
  • Proposed Test Plan and Specifications
    • Randy Roebuck, Vice President, Engineering & Technology Programs, OmniAir Consortium

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Lunch

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

  • Stakeholder feedback session
    • Moderated by Mike Brown, Southwest Research Institute, OmniAir Technical Working Group Chair

Seating is extremely limited!  A majority of the seats are reserved for OmniAir members. Please purchase your ticket early to guarantee your seat at the table. For more information about the event, or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ryan Hall.

The Bureau Veritas facility is conveniently located five miles from the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC). The fare for the 15-minute ride via Uber or Lyft is approximately $20.00.

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, announces its newest members, Altran and Marben.

Altran is a global leader in engineering and R&D services. The company offers its clients innovative and high-tech engineering consulting services, supplying effective and adaptable solutions that boost the value of any business. For over 35 years, Altran has provided its expertise in Automotive, Aeronautics, Space, Defense & Naval, Rail, Infrastructure & Transport, Energy, Industrial & Consumer, Life Sciences, Communications, Semiconductor & Electronics, Software & Internet markets as well as in the Finance & Public Sectors. The Aricent acquisition extends this leadership to the semiconductor, digital experience, and design innovation industries.

Marben is a global leader of communication solutions for the Telecommunication, Transportation, and Automotive markets. For over three decades, equipment manufacturers and software editors have chosen Marben to embed best-of-breed communication software to optimize total cost of ownership. Marben’s evolutionary software allows the automotive industry to deploy intelligent, automation, and safety applications quickly. Marben’s software solutions deliver interoperable, efficient, and robust solutions to help accelerate its customer’s time to market.

Marben’s Devang Naik and fellow engineers working on C-V2X interoperability testing
during OmniAir’s Québec Plugfest

“Adding Marben and Altran to the OmniAir membership ranks strengthens our position as the global leader in providing certification for conformance and interoperability among V2X devices, said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “We look forward to the insight these two highly engaging and capable organizations will add to our varied working groups and the organization as a whole.”

 About OmniAir 

OmniAir Consortium® is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification in ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes institutions and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.

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During Omniair’s fourth Plugfest event and first international edition, the Québec Plugfest,  Orange Traffic, and Intersect earned OmniAir Certification for their Road-Side-Unit (RSU) the Intersect ECO card. OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratory Dekra based in Málaga, Spain completed the exhaustive testing in record time, within three months, making the Intersect RSU the third device in the world to pass all 156 test cases within OmniAir’s certification program.

Intersect is the very first Canadian manufacturer whose device earned certification for a Road-Side Unit to connect vehicles with infrastructure. Road-Side-Units allow connectivity of vehicles with infrastructure to help cities achieve better efficiencies, provide more control and safety at intersections, as well as help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“OmniAir certification is important to ensure interoperability of equipment from various manufacturers,” said Patrick Lauzière, P.Eng., Enabler-in-Chief for Intersect. “To achieve safety and efficiency benefits, it is vital that all deployed devices in vehicles, no matter the brand and within infrastructure projects work together. Intersect’s team is committed to preparing today’s infrastructure for tomorrow’s technology.”

For more details about Intersect’s platform, visit www.intersect-iot.com.

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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