Author: Ryan Hall

OmniAir Consortium® is excited to announce that Orange Traffic has moved to the next level in its involvement with OmniAir® as our newest Associate member. Over the last year, Orange Traffic has diligently worked with many OmniAir members developing security for and refining their roadside units (RSU) through partnerships and participation in industry events, including OmniAir’s Motor City Plugfest.

“OmniAir is attracting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) device makers from around the world, and we are thrilled our neighbor to the north, Canada, is becoming well represented in the global V2X connected vehicle movement,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “Orange Traffic joining OmniAir shows that our work promoting global interoperability certification is paying dividends.”

“OmniAir is setting the global standard for V2X device certification,” said Patrick Lauzière, Orange Traffic’s Vice-president, Technology & Development. “Joining OmniAir and making sure our roadside units undergo and achieve OmniAir Certified status provides our customer’s with the highest level of confidence that the equipment purchased and deployed conforms to industry standards as a trusted, interoperable device.”

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 Orange Traffic

Orange Traffic is a forward-thinking company dedicated to managing road safety in urban areas. The Intersect platform is dedicated to connecting vehicles and infrastructures to accelerate the implementation of innovation in urban environments. Orange Traffic’s goal is to optimize fluidity and safety on the road in an innovative way. The company specializes in designing, manufacturing and distributing an array of high-quality ISO 9001 and CSA certified products for the traffic signage and signal industry. Founded in 1988, Orange Traffic continues to deploy technological solutions under the management of Roger and Philippe Fugère and Patrick Lauzière with a team of highly qualified experts.

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OmniAir Consortium® is pleased to announce that our next V2X testing event, the “OmniAir Texas Plugfest” is scheduled for October 22-26 in College Station, Texas.

This week-long event will be hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University. The event will take place at RELLIS Campus-with state-of-the-art laboratory and field testing facilities.

Thank you to all of our early sponsors especially our Gold level sponsor BlackBerry Certicom; Silver level sponsors Keysight Technologies and Danlaw, and our Bronze level sponsors Metric Engineering, Spirent, 7layers, 3M, SGS, SwRI and UL.

OmniAir® Plugfests provide an opportunity for V2X device manufacturers, considering applying for OmniAir Certification, to assess their readiness for certification.

Registration is s now open. Early bird pricing is available exclusively to OmniAir members through September 7.

 

For More information about the OmniAir Texas Plugfest, including sponsorship and speaking opportunities please contact Ryan Hall, OmniAir’s Director of Marketing & Communications at rhall@omniair.org or +1-202-744-6480.

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OmniAir Consortium® continues to grow and adds Metric Engineering, Inc. (Metric) to our roster of global companies participating in the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) ecosystem. Metric Engineering is the 20th company to join in 2018 and is OmniAir’s newest Executive level member. Metric is taking full advantage of their membership and is participating in OmniAir’s Texas Plugfest, hosted by TTI as a Bronze sponsor – October 22-26.

“OmniAir is the leading industry association for promoting interoperability and certification for connected vehicle, ITS and Tolling facilities – especially those deploying V2X technology – thus ensuring that our clients will benefit from our collaboration,” said Dale W. Cody, PE, PTOE, Senior Vice President at Metric Engineering.

“OmniAir is pleased that one of the Eastern Seaboard’s most respected professional engineering firms have joined and has quickly taken an active role in the consortium, said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “We look forward to working with and incorporating Metric Engineering’s contributions into our certification program.”

About Metric Engineering

Metric provides personalized consulting engineering services specializing in civil and transportation projects. Metric has completed large, complex transportation projects for its diverse client base comprised of local, county, state, federal and foreign governments. Recently, Metric has been a major player in the CV world through grant writing, design, studies and analyses for multiple clients and through multiple CV initiatives. Metric, founded in 1976, is a Florida-based engineering consultant firm with over 375 Florida employees. Our Traffic Operations & ITS staff of over 150 dedicated solely to Traffic Operations & ITS makes us one of the largest ITS/ATMS design and communications consultants in the State of Florida.

 

Overall, Metric has been involved in the design, integration, inspection, operations, review, and management of Intelligent Transportation Systems and signal systems for over $4.5B in construction in the past 15 years. Metric was ranked #54 in the Southeast Top 100 Design Firms by ENR Magazine for 2017. Much of their success in growing and diversifying can be attributed to their efforts to understand clients’ emerging needs, as well as the expanding capabilities of our professionals. To learn more, visit: www.metriceng.com

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® is pleased to announce that our next V2X testing event, the “OmniAir Texas Plugfest” is scheduled for October 22-26 in College Station, Texas.

This week-long event will be hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University. The event will take place at RELLIS Campus-with state-of-the-art laboratory and field testing facilities.

OmniAir® Plugfests provide an opportunity for V2X device manufacturers, considering applying for OmniAir Certification, to assess their readiness for certification.

Registration is closed.

Like earlier OmniAir® V2X Plugfests, the OmniAir Texas Plugfest will feature a Connected Vehicle Workshop on the first day (Monday, October 22), with expert panels discussing technical and policy issues, with a networking reception. Speaking and sponsorship opportunities are available.

This will be followed by four days (October 23-26) of intensive conformance, interoperability, security, and field testing across multiple testing stations, operated by leading test labs from around the world.

With an increasing number of state and local DOTs planning operational deployments of V2I solutions, the OmniAir Texas Plugfest will have a special emphasis on testing of RSUs for conformance and interoperability. Government officials interested in deploying V2I technology are highly encouraged to attend and learn firsthand about the value of OmniAir certification to their projects.

Even vendors that are close to certification or have already earned OmniAir certification are strongly encouraged to attend, to experience new tests. Changes include SAE J2945.1 V-V BSMs, Minimum Performance Message Interoperability, high precision location-based testing and SCMS Testing. OmniAir has hardened Release 1 test procedures that will help you get your device closer to certification including IEEE 802.11p Physical Layer, IEEE 1609.2 Security/Certificates, IEEE 1609.3 Network (including WSA), and IEEE 1609.4 Multi-Channel Operations.

For More information about the OmniAir Texas Plugfest, including sponsorship and speaking opportunities please contact Ryan Hall, OmniAir’s Director of Marketing & Communications at rhall@omniair.org or +1-202-744-6480.
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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As OmniAir® continues to grow, we are attracting companies like Marvell whose products provide secure connectivity and storage technology for major automotive manufacturers.

Marvell is also championing the new 802.11ax Wi-Fi® standard also known as high-efficiency wireless (HEW), which is designed to increase capacity and efficiency for both uplink and downlink traffic by allowing up to 30 devices to access a single access point simultaneously.

“OmniAir is excited to begin working with Marvell to promote current technology and explore future technologies that will help bring V2X devices to the masses to improve roadway safety,” said, Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium.®

Marvell has an outstanding history of delivering next-generation products including those that are revolutionizing the connected vehicle market. Marvell supports the pending National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)/Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) 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. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.
About Marvell
Marvell first revolutionized the digital storage industry by moving information at speeds never thought possible. Today, that same breakthrough innovation remains at the heart of the company’s storage, networking, and connectivity solutions. With leading intellectual property and deep system-level knowledge, Marvell’s semiconductor solutions continue to transform the enterprise, cloud, automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. To learn more, visit: www.marvell.com

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