The 808 OmniAir Consortium has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Wi-Fi Alliance to cooperate on certification for 5.9 GHz Wave equipment. OmniAir will focus on certifying the upper layers of the Wave protocol stack and will require Wi-Fi certification for the MAC and PHY layers. Wi-Fi Alliance’s existing body of work in interoperability certification has shown the organisation to be ideal for a partnership with OmniAir’s development of DSRC certification standards development.
“OmniAir and our members are excited to begin work with the Wi-Fi Alliance to enable wide-scale certification of 5.9 GHz Wave devices, both in-vehicle and aftermarket equipment.” said Suzanne Murtha, executive director of OmniAir and OCS.
“Wi-Fi Alliance looks forward to our relationship with OmniAir to collaborate on information dedicated short range communications for connected vehicles,” said Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance. “Wi-Fi Certified delivers interoperability, industry-standard security protections, and the best possible user experience.”
OmniAir will hold its first Certification Town Hall event in Tampa on 26 January, giving local installers the opportunity to understand certification and contribute to connected vehicle certification programs currently under development. Connected vehicle solution providers will have access to local installers and certifying organisations will have access to clients as well. The Tampa event exhibition is nearly sold out, and several other events are planned for the first half of 2016.
“OmniAir and our members are excited to begin work with the Wi-Fi Alliance to enable wide-scale certification of 5.9 GHz Wave devices, both in-vehicle and aftermarket equipment.” said Suzanne Murtha, executive director of OmniAir and OCS.
“Wi-Fi Alliance looks forward to our relationship with OmniAir to collaborate on information dedicated short range communications for connected vehicles,” said Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance. “Wi-Fi Certified delivers interoperability, industry-standard security protections, and the best possible user experience.”
OmniAir will hold its first Certification Town Hall event in Tampa on 26 January, giving local installers the opportunity to understand certification and contribute to connected vehicle certification programs currently under development. Connected vehicle solution providers will have access to local installers and certifying organisations will have access to clients as well. The Tampa event exhibition is nearly sold out, and several other events are planned for the first half of 2016.
