OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles announces our first OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratory (OATL) in Asia.
Bureau Veritas – CPS ADT Korea Ltd., located in Suwon, Korea is the latest OATL to test Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) based onboard-units (OBU) devices. OmniAir has now expanded our global network of test laboratories with five laboratories located across North America, one in Europe, and now one in Asia!
“OmniAir is pleased that Bureau Veritas, a recognized global leader in wireless device testing, has joined our network of OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratories,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “Our newest OATL was authorized within three months of signing an MOU with ITS Korea to advance vehicle-to-everything (v2X) testing and certification.”
OmniAir’s certification program provides third-party accredited laboratory testing and validation of DSRC-based 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.
Bureau Veritas is participating in the OmniAir Québec Plugfest – Hosted by Propulsion Québec in the greater Montreal metropolitan area May 6-10. They will be one of several test laboratories and test equipment providers to offer testing services during the five-day event where the global V2X community comes together to advance this life-saving communications technology. The connected vehicle policy conference and the week-long testing event will take place at Transport Canada’s Motor Vehicle Test Centre in Blainville, Canada. Click the register button below for more information and to register for the event!
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, used 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.
About Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has around 74,000 employees in more than 1,400 offices and laboratories located all across the globe. Bureau Veritas helps its clients to improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility. https://group.bureauveritas.com/
