1. An Update of ITS Communication Standards
Document No:
GSC17-PLEN-49r1
Source:
TIA
Contact:
T. Russell Shields
GSC Session:
PLEN
Agenda Item:
6.5
An Update of ITS Communication Standards
T. Russell Shields
Chair, Ygomi LLC

2. Highlights of TIA Current Activities
TIA engineering committees relevant to ITS include
TR-8, Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards
TR-30, Multi-Media Access, Protocols and Interfaces
TR-45, Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Standards
TR-48, Vehicular Telematics
TR-50, M2M - Smart Device Communications
TR-51, Smart Utility Networks
In 2012 and 2013, numerous standards relevant to ITS have been developed or initiated in TR-8, TR-48, TR-50, and TR-51
TR-48 has been especially active

3. TIA Strategic Direction
Continued development of voluntary standards as an ANSI-accredited standards developer
Partnerships with universities to develop initiatives and certifications
Examples: Georgia Technical Institute, Florida Atlantic University
Continued participation in collaborations such as GSC
Participation in Sustainable Technology Environments Program™ (STEP)
Ecological footprint rating system for technology products operating in buildings
Continued policy advocacy with U.S. government including focus on competitiveness, security, and adjusting regulations so new technology can enter the marketplace more easily

4. TIA Challenges Political barriers to industry development
Laws and regulations (immigration reform/visa availability for technology workers, technology, taxation)
Budget cuts
Trade barriers
Uncertain economic environment

5. TIA Next Steps
Next annual conference, “TIA 2013: The Future of the Network,” to be held 8-10 October 2013 in Washington, D.C.
Continued standards activities
Continued advocacy activities

6. Highlights of U.S. Government Current Activities
U.S. DOT Connected Vehicle Research Program (Formerly IntelliDrive SM)
Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot clinics completed in spring of 2012:
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)/USDOT Safety Pilot Model Deployment in Ann Arbor, Michigan continues until August 2013:
Efforts continue in
Technology
Applications
Policy and Institutional Issues

7. Highlights of U.S. Government Current Activities (2)
U.S. DOT has announced the recently formed Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture (CVRIA)
U.S. DOT has substantial standards activity
International standards harmonization efforts continue with the EU DG Connect and the Japan MLIT Road Bureau
There is a full list of standards at
U.S. NHTSA V2V Roadmap Status
Sub-task reports scheduled for July 2013
Decision/final report scheduled for October 2013

8. Highlights of U.S. Government Current Activities (3)
U.S NHTSA issued driver distraction guidelines
Voluntary guidelines, not regulations
Phase 1 (April 2013) is for embedded equipment
Phase 2 is planned to cover electronic devices brought into vehicles
Phase 3 is planned to cover speech-recognition systems in vehicles
U.S. NHTSA issued a study on mobile phone use in vehicles

9. Highlights of IEEE Current Activities
IEEE 1609 DSRC WG
Sponsor: IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
Website:
New standards published in 2012 and 2013
IEEE Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Identifier Allocations
IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments - Security Services for Applications and Management Messages
New standards in process
P IEEE Draft Guide for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Architecture (MP)

10. Highlights of IEEE Current Activities (2)
Sponsor: IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Website:
802.11p-2010 was superseded 3 March 2012
New standards published in 2012
IEEE ™-2012
IEEE aa™-2012
IEEE ae™-2012
Official project timelines at

11. Collaboration on ITS Communications Standards
Provide a globally recognized forum for the creation of an internationally accepted, globally harmonized set of ITS communication standards of the highest quality in the most expeditious manner possible to enable the rapid deployment of fully interoperable ITS communication-related products and services in the global marketplace.

12. Collaboration History
Starting point was a ISO/ITU joint workshop in August 2011 in Japan
Regular, open, face-to-face meetings in different regions, collocated with relevant events and meetings. Remote phone participation available
Participants have represented ITS communications activities of CCSA, ETSI, IEEE, ISO TC 204 WG 16, ITU-R, ITU-T, SAE International, TIA, TTC
ITU-T TSAG decided to run this activity on a trial basis, TSB provides secretariat

13. Collaboration Work Items
Study of high-priority ITS applications and their communications requirements
Gap analysis and quality assessment of current ITS communications standards
Converge, harmonize, and incorporate appropriate published and emerging ITS communications standards (regardless of their SDO source) into ITU Recommendations
Create a complete, coherent and effective package of security frameworks and standards for use within ITS communications
1 – requirements document
2 – ITS comms standards questionnaire
3 – working methods/procedure
4 – liaison with ITU-T SG17

14. Collaboration Work Items (2)
Develop standards to govern the interaction of drivers with communications devices brought into vehicles (e.g., smart phones)
Investigate regulatory and legislative actions necessary to facilitate the deployment of ITS communications products and services based on the standards being developed
Review mobility network services and ITS communications for their application as a 'last resort' supplement to other communication systems for emergency and disaster handling
5 – FG Driver Distraction concluded, some new related items to be discussed at Collaboration level
6 – joint workshop with UNECE: 27 June 2013, Geneva
7 – input from TTC Japan

15. Collaboration Management
Interest and participation is encouraging
Joint effort needed
GSC organizations are invited to actively contribute and to join the Collaboration Management

16. Upcoming Opportunities
Week of 24 June 2013, Geneva
24-25 June: Q27/16 (vehicle gateway platform)
25 June: opening of UNECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) with ITS segment
26, 28 June: Collaboration meeting
27 June: Joint ITU/UNECE workshop
[20-22 August 2013, North America (tbc)]
[12-13 October 2013, Tokyo (tbc, with ITS World Congress and ISO TC 204 WG16)]

17. Additional Information and References
Collaboration website
Terms of Reference
List of Work Items
Requirements report (August 2012)
Standards catalogue questionnaire
Working procedures

18. Highlights of ISO TC 204 WG 16 Current Activities
The following material is from Mitch Tseng, Rapporteur, ISO TC204 WG16
The group has published and is maintaining 20 standards
The recent activities focus on the following areas
ITS Architecture (Revision on Communication access, and ETSI EN alignment)
IPv6 for ITS Communication access (IPv6 Security, Optimization and Flow Paths)
6LowPAN and COAP for ITS Communication Access
ITS Station Flow Management
Pre-emption of ITS communication networks for disaster and emergency communication
Dedicated short range communication (DSRC) - DSRC application layer
Probe data revision to accommodate harmonized ITS-S Architecture
LTE as means of ITS Communication Access

19. ISO TC 204 WG 16 Strategic Direction
The focus of ISO TC204 WG16 is to develop ITS standards with the following aspects
ITS Architecture
Media (used for ITS Communications)
Networking Aspects for ITS (including IP aspects and network management)
Probe Data
Application Management
Disaster Recovery Communications
Security Aspects
Collaboration with other Standard Development groups
IEEE 1609
IETF
ETSI TC ITS
CEN
ITU (Collaboration on ITS Communication Standards)

20. ISO TC 204 WG 16 Challenges
Opportunities to collaborate with other ITS Standard Development Groups
Meeting time and location alignment
Sharing of expertise on global ITS work
WG16 has been trying to co-located with other groups in meeting planning
ITS is a broad subject, so the focus on each region may not always be aligned
Harmonize regional approaches and requirements to avoid redundancy

21. ITS Vehicle Safety Communications Is Under Attack in the U.S.
2012 legislation required the U.S. government to examine the dedicated use of 5.9 GHz
This was the result of an effort lead by Wi-Fi suppliers like Cisco
The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) preliminary draft report recommends allowing unlicensed users in 5.9 GHz
ITS America and vehicle manufacturers wrote an objection
The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stated at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that the FCC plans to allow Wi-Fi in 5.9 GHz
The Administrator of the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has questioned to practicality of the security approach proposed for IEEE p

22. WAVE vs. TD-LTE
IEEE p is an isolated technology left over from the 20th century, with no other uses than ITS
TD-LTE is the mainstream for mobile communications
Moving 5.9 GHz (760 MHz in Japan) DSRC to use TD-LTE will give ITS communications long-term relevance
The same changes that took IEEE a to IEEE p can be made to TD-LTE to provide dedicated proximity communications for vehicle-to-vehicle safety applications
3GPP is already working on proximity, possible for Release 12
Public safety communications in the U.S are moving to LTE and other regions will follow