ADAS

Advanced Driver Assist System

AMD

After Market Device

API

Application Protocol Interface

ASP

Application Service Provider

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

AVL

Automatic Vehicle Location

Bluetooth

Industrial specification for wireless personal area networks

CA

Certificate of Authority

CAD

Computer Aided Dispatch

CAMP

Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership

CAR

Center for Automotive Research

CE

Consumer Electronics

CE/CA

Certificate Entity/Certificate of Authority

CEVMS

Commericial Electronic Variable Message Signs

CICAS

Cooperative Vehicle Collision Avoidance System

CM

Congestion Management

ConOPs

Concept of Operations

CVISN

Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks

CVO

Commercial Vehicle Operator

CVPC

Connected Vehicle Proving Center

CVTA

Connected Vehicle Trade Association

DBB

Digital Billboard

DMS

Dynamic Message Sign

DOT

Department of Transportation

DSRC

Dedicated Short Range Communication

EBB

Electronic Billboard

EEBL

Emergency Electronic Brake Lights

EPS

Electronic Payment Services

EPSNIS

Electronic Payment Services National Interoperability Specification

ETC

Electronic Toll Collection

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (www.etsi.org)

FAAWAAS

Federal Aviation Administration Wide Area Augmentation System

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

FOT

Field Operation Test

GPS

Global Positioning System

HAR

Highway Advisory Radio

HMI

Human-Machine Interface

I/F

Intermediate Frequency

IBTTA

International Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Association

ICB

Independent Certification Body

ICS

IEEE Computer Society

IdDA

Infrared Data Association

IDS

Intersection Decision Support

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IPv6 UDP

Internet Protocol version 6 User Diagram Protocol

ISTO

Industry Standards and Technology Organization

ITE

Institute of Transportation Engineers

ITS

Intelligent Transportation System

ITSA

Intelligent Transportation Society of America

IVI

Intelligent Vehicle Initiative

MAC

Media Access Control

MAC EXT

Media Access Control Extension

NEMA

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NHTSA

National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

NOC

Network Operations Center

NTCIP

National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Protocol

OBE

On Board Equipment

OBU

On Board Unit

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

ORT

Ongoing Reliability Test

ORT

Open Road Tolling

PATH

Partners for Advanced Transits and Highways (California)

PHY

Physical Layer Device

POC

Proof of Concept

QOS

Quality of Service

RFI

Request for Information

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification

RFP

Request for Proposal

RITA

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

RSE

Road Side Equipment

RSU

Road Side Unit

SAE

Society of Automobile Engineers

SAFE-TRIP 21

Safe and Efficient Travel through Innovation and Partnerships in the 21st Century

SAFETEA

Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act

SDN

Service Delivery Node

TRB

Transportation Research Board

US DOT

United States Department of Transportation

V2I

Vehicle to Infrastructure

V2R

Vehicle to Roadside

V2V

Vehicle to Vehicle

VII

Vehicle Infrastructure Integration

VTD

Vehicle Tactical Deployment

WA

Work Area

Wi-Fi

Wireless Fidelity

WiMAX

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, Inc (group promoting IEEE 802.16 wireless broadband standard)

XML

eXtensible Markup Language

Zigbee

specification for a suite of high level communication protocols using small, low-power digital radios