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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, has published its technical roadmap to guide the organization’s workstream on conformance and interoperability testing programs over the next five years.

The OmniAir Technical Roadmap identifies priorities for developing program scopes, drafting test cases, and other technical work to support OmniAir’s testing and certification programs for wireless communications technologies in transportation.

Approved at the OmniAir Board of Directors June Meeting, this roadmap identifies and prioritizes technical workstreams across OmniAir’s Working Groups and Sub-Working Groups in the following areas:

  • Certification Policy
  • V2X Technology
  • Roadside Infrastructure
  • Cybersecurity & SCMS
  • Safety Applications 
  • Tolling & Emerging Payment Technologies
  • Road Usage Charge (RUC)

OmniAir’s Technical Roadmap identifies priorities for technical work, including, C-V2X aftermarket safety devices, 5G-V2X (Release 16), certifying V2X safety applications, and 3rd party mobile payment applications for tolling. In addition, the document outlines priorities for adapting OmniAir certification programs for standards in Asia and Europe.

OmniAir Working Groups will also update existing LTE-V2X and RFID tolling certification programs to ensure that OmniAir Certified devices conform to the latest and most relevant industry standards.

“OmniAir is committed to ensuring the availability of trusted communications technologies for transportation through testing and certification,” said Jason M. Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir Consortium. “This technical roadmap lays out an ambitious agenda to test and certify the latest connected mobility and tolling technologies.”

“This is an exciting time to be engaged with OmniAir and to help shape the future of connected vehicles and tolling,” said Mike Brown, Institute Engineer at Southwest Research Institute. “One of the best parts of working with OmniAir is seeing the efforts of your work fulfilled, such as launching a new certification program for LTE-V2X-based RSU and OBU devices.”

Participation in OmniAir Working Groups is open to member representatives of all OmniAir Members. We seek engineers, software developers, and cybersecurity practitioners from across government, industry, and academia with expertise in ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles. 

OmniAir will host sessions in August and September with each of the OmniAir Working Groups and invited stakeholders on the roadmap. 

Sign up for OmniAir Working Groups on our website or contact a team member at info@omniair.org for more information.

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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®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, announces that Kapsch TrafficCom, a global leader in tolling solutions, has earned OmniAir Certification for the Janus® MPR4.1 Multi-Protocol UHF RFID Reader, Model 802890.

OmniAir® offers independent, third-party testing and certification for wireless communications technologies used in transportation, including RFID tolling tags and readers, connected vehicle radios and modules, including C-V2X.

OmniAir Certification testing is performed through a network of accredited wireless testing laboratories and authorized field-testing facilities, ensuring that devices conform to industry standarsds and meet minimum interoperability and field performance requirements.

“Congratulations to Kapsch TrafficCom for earning OmniAir Certification,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “OmniAir is committed to ensuring the availability of trusted communications devices to meet the needs of the tolling industry.”

Visit our product certification page to learn more about this certification and other OmniAir Certified® products.

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 Kapsch TrafficCom

Kapsch TrafficCom is a globally renowned provider of transportation solutions for sustainable mobility. Innovative solutions in the application fields of tolling, tolling services, traffic management and demand management contribute to a healthy world without congestion.

Kapsch has brought projects to fruition in more than 50 countries around the globe. With one-stop solutions, the company covers customers’ entire value chain, from components to design and implementation to the operation of systems

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OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, announces that DEKRA is authorized to conduct tolling field testing as part of the OmniAir Authorized Field Test Site (OAFTS) program.

The Summit Point Motorsports Park, located in Summit Point, WV, is now available for tolling vendors to conduct field testing as part of OmniAir’s certification program for single and multi-protocol RFID devices.   

“DEKRA is a proven leader in providing RFID-based toll testing for laboratory and field environments,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director for OmniAir. “We are excited to partner with DEKRA to help meet the certification testing needs of the tolling industry.”

The test track, located in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, is DEKRA’s second field test site authorized by OmniAir. DEKRA’s facility in Málaga, Spain, was the first field test site approved by OmniAir for C-V2X connected vehicle testing.

 “Adding field testing for RFID devices in North America is part of DEKRA’s commitment to furthering the quality and accessibility of testing and certification for future mobility,” said Fernando Rodriguez, Vice President of Product Testing for DEKRA North America. “We are proud to be a trusted partner of OmniAir and the only organization to achieve accreditations for all OmniAir programs.” 

OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratories, tolling vendors, and device makers may apply to have their test site audited by OmniAir and be added to our list of authorized sites to conduct official certification testing.

All OmniAir Authorized Field Test Sites and Authorized Test Laboratories can be found and verified by visiting our authorized test laboratory and field site directory.

For information about OmniAir testing and certification programs, visit our website 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 2023 leaders for OmniAir® Working Groups and Special Initiatives.

OmniAir’s Working Groups develop the policies, procedures and specifications that support OmniAir’s independent, third-party testing and certification programs.  OmniAir Certified® devices conform with industry standards and meet minimum interoperability, security, and performance requirements.

“We are privileged to have recognized experts in ITS, automotive, and wireless communications technologies to serve in technical leadership roles, said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “OmniAir Working Groups provide the opportunity for our members to help shape the certification programs and policies that ensure the availability of trusted communications technologies for transportation.”

 

OmniAir 2023 Technical Leadership

Coordinating Council

Mike Brown, Southwest Research Institute.

Certification Working Group

Parthiv Parikh, SGS

Technical Working Group

Frank Perry, WSP

Cybersecurity Working Group

Jimmy Upton, INTEGRITY Security Services

Tolling & Emerging Payment
Working Group

Jake Royer, E-ZPass/IAG Group

 

RSU Sub-Working Group

 Nick Hegemier, DriveOhio

C-V2X Sub-Working Group

Jim Lansford, Qualcomm

 

Applications Testing Sub-Working Group

Tom Timcho, HNTB

1609.2.1 Sub-Working Group

Woody Kim, Saesol Technologies

 

Plugfest Testing Sub-Working Group

Aaron Moore, DriveOhio

RUC and V2X-based Tolling Initiative

Suzanne Murtha, AECOM

 

Participation in OmniAir Working Groups is open to all OmniAir Members.  If you are interested in joining an OmniAir Working Group, you can apply online, or contact Berkenda, OmniAir’s Director of Operations.            

About OmniAir: 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 labs. To learn more, please visit our website 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 that CCRR RFID has joined OmniAir® as an Associate Level Member.

CCRR RFID is a business unit of CCRR Group, which is one of the largest makers of labels, tags, and self-adhesives in Brazil. CCRR RFID manufactures and sells tags and equipment with RFID (radio frequency identification) technology for tolling, retail, and industry. CCRR RFID specializes in tags for the traffic industry, and has high quality and production capacity in Brazil, to meet the needs of both national and overseas markets.

“CCRR RFID decided to become a member of OmniAir as membership provides an opportunity to expand into new markets in both South and North America,” said Gino Olivato, Overseas Sales Manager, for CCRR RFID.  “We are excited to be part of a team that is innovative and thinking about the future of the tolling industry.”

“OmniAir is excited to welcome one of Brazil’s largest deployers of RFID tolling technology as our newest member,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium.  “OmniAir continues to expand its global presence, and with the addition of CCRR RFID, our consortium members now span five continents.”

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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