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An ITU “collaboration” with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and...

An ITU “collaboration” with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and others aims to create a workspace “for the creation of an internationally accepted, globally harmonized” set of intelligent transport systems (ITS) communication standards “of the highest quality” as quickly as…

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possible to spur “fully interoperable” related products and services in the global marketplace, said Malcolm Johnson, director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, in a letter to members. A meeting is scheduled for Dec. 17 in Washington, D.C. Spectrum near 5.9 GHz may be used for some public safety applications, draft communications requirements said. ITS might also use the spectrum for vehicle software, for delivering data and updates, or vehicle and road side unit data calibration, it said. Applications using the spectrum may also provide on-demand information to passing vehicles on either a commercial or non-commercial basis, it said. The draft requirements include a number of needed radio capabilities. Subsequent meetings are scheduled for March in China and June in Geneva.