TMC Forum

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TMC Forum

• Status, Activities and Developments
• James Burgess, TMC Forum Coordinator
• 11 May 2005
• eSafety RTTI WG, BMVBW, Berlin

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Contents

• TMC Services
• Europe
• Other
• TMC Forum Activities
• Road Traffic Information Group
• Urban Task Force
• Icon Task Force
• New Features Task Force
• SRH Task Force Other Activities
• Next Steps
• eSafety RTTI Recommendations

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TMC Services Europe

• Public services widespread across Europe
• Commercial services alongside free servicescan
  support cost of enhanced traffic modelling and
  information gathering

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Other TMC Services

• Service launched in USA by Tele Atlas, Siemens
  VDO and Clearchannel
• Coverage of majority of key USA cities and roads
• Provided using subscription model
• Improved coverage of existing European services
• Development in new European Member States
  (including CONNECT)
• Demonstration project in China (DYNASTY)

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Supported Service Features

• GPS navigation systems can calculate rerouting
• DVD and updateable systems can provide
  whole-of-Europe capability
• Inter-Road messages for international service
  coverage
• Precise Location Referencing specification
  standardised by TMC Forum
• Some features supported but not fully
  implemented by all service providers

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TMC Forum - Introduction

• New members from within and outside Europe
• Significant new activities
• Collaboration with newly formed TPEG Forum for
  development of future RTTI systems

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Road Traffic Information Group

• New joint working group set up by TMC Forum and
  TPEG Forum
• Aims to ensure a smooth development of
  next-generation traffic information systems and
  services
• Looks at developments both within TMC and beyond
• Addresses specific requirements such as travel
  time and location referencing

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Urban Task Force

• Establishing requirements for TMC and beyond
• Best support of TMC for urban traffic information
• Identification of further features to optimise
  support in future RTTI systems

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Icon Task Force

• Objective to improve the perceived quality of
  TMC services, through an agreed use of Icons on
  the displays of GUI equipped TMC-enabled
  terminals
• Recommended icon set for the graphical interface
  to the user
• Guidelines harmonising which icons are associated
  with defined TMC messages.

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New Features Task Force

• Objective to add features to enhance todays
  TMC
• Backwards compatible additions which wont
  cause obsolescence problems
• Examples
• Tendencies of Traffic Queue Lengths
• Precise Location Referencing
• Coding of Motorway Link Roads

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Other TMCF Activities (1)

• Service Receiver Harmonisation
• New Task Force to promote standardised
  implementation of TMC across services and
  receivers, improving predictability
• Ongoing certification of location tables
• Improved inspector tool now available to creators
  of location tables across Europe
• Free of charge for creators of public location
  tables
• Robust certification process

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Other TMCF Activities (2)

• New website
• More information for the general public including
  service details and availability
• Improved private section for Forum members
• Industry and customer-relevant news

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Other TMCF Activities (3)

• Conditional Access administration
• Granting permission and information to provide
  encrypted CA TMC services using the standard
  defined

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Next Steps

• Further New Feature definition and specification
• Upcoming Road Traffic Information Group focus
  topics e.g. Bearers Bandwidth, Urban Service,
  HMI
• Further cooperation with TPEG Forum / other
  related groups
• Promotion/support of TMC implementation in
  further countries

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RTTI Recommendations

• The TMC Forum and Road Traffic Information Group
  objectives support the eSafety RTTI WG
  recommendations, e.g. service features,
  interoperability and coverage
• If further National Authorities are encouraged to
  implement TMC then the TMC Forum can support them
  in this task

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Thank You

• James Burgess, TMC Forum Coordinator
• 11 May 2005