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ETSI Launches First European Live Trial Latest ETSI

for Intelligent Transport Systems White Papers:

Testing Event in Livorno Shows Convergence
Between IoT and ITS

Tackling the Challenges of
ETSI announced its 5 ETSI ITS “In collaborative ITS communications, Cyber Security
th
Plugtests™ event, a two week testing interoperability is key and this is a
event for co-operative transport great opportunity for solution providers Developed by the chairman of our
systems focusing on vehicle-to- to test their products. The fact that Technical Committee CYBER, this
vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure companies from different ITS sectors document provides an overview of all
communications. Testing took place are increasingly involved and ready to ETSI work related to Cyber Security
from 7 to 17 November around the test under real life conditions shows the and outlines some of our targets and
port of Livorno, Italy. In addition the high level of maturity of ITS standards aspirations for coming years.
Sea Port Innovation Conference was and implementations” said Marco
held on 16 and 17 November where Annoni, ETSI ITS Vice-Chair. Available from: https://goo.gl/2avQAn
attendees were able to take a demo
tour on the test track. In Livorno, the cruise terminal was Ensure interworking
the testbed headquarters and a test- between multiple
ETSI has worked for several months drive path was used for quick setup
with its partners ERTICO, CNIT, Livorno of testing equipment in the field. The Contactless Card Emulation
Port Authority, Regione Toscana infrastructure included a 10 minutes Environments
(Tuscan Regional Government), AVR test drive on the Livorno-Florence
(Livorno/Florence highway), Autostrade highway, an IoT testbed enabling a Joint white paper between ETSI,
Tech (motorway network), and Telecom set of specialized test cases on large- GlobalPlatform and NFC Forum.
Italia to put in place the testbed. This scale distributed sensing and actuation. This white paper is intended for
event contributes to ITS deployment, The latter can be seen as a vertical executives in OEM, contactless
tests interoperability of ITS equipment realization of M2M communications in products, and service providers,
from all key vendors and demonstrates the context of Intelligent Transport. especially Mobile Network Operators,
the convergence between ITS and payment service providers, transport
Internet of Things. The test site included variable message
signs, traffic lights, IoT sensors and service providers, and all service
This event trialed the ITS eco cameras as well as connectivity with providers offering contactless services
system under real life conditions the highway control center. Different to be hosted in devices such as
from infrastructure to applications topics were addressed, including road mobiles. It informs system integrators
in vehicles, thus demonstrating hazard signaling, traffic sign violation, and engineers how GlobalPlatform
conformance to ETSI ITS Release 1 intersection collision risk warning and technologies can be used to build
standard and interoperability of ITS loading zone management. a standardized NFC-ecosystem
G5 radio equipment. Companies integrating several Card Emulation
from Asia, Europe and North America “We were very excited to partner Environments.
had the opportunity to connect their with ETSI for this first real life event.
equipment to the test infrastructure. Over the past few years we have Available from: https://goo.gl/tF2Vd5
This was a unique chance for solution organized testing events and created
providers to maximize the effectiveness an Interoperability Interest Group to
of their ITS solutions in urban enlarge the scope of these activities
environments. and cooperate with third parties in the
development of an ITS standardization
roadmap” said ERTICO CEO Hermann
Meyer.

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