TMC FORUM European Partnership for the Traffic Information Mass Market

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TMC FORUM European Partnership for the Traffic
Information Mass Market
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Summary

• What is the TMC Forum?
• Goals of the Forum
• Organisation and structure
• Key activities

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What is the TMC Forum?

• Non-profit association of key players in TMC and
  Traffic Info representing 67 members from
  sectors
• Service Providers
• Receiver manufacturers
• Car manufacturers
• Map Database suppliers
• Public Authorities
• Broadcasters
• Others (Automobile clubs, software designers,)

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What is the TMC Forum?

• Focal point and authority for TMC across Europe
• Meeting place for the TMC Industry
• Securing the future of TMC
• Reducing the risks of market development

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Goals of the TMC Forum

• Define a common strategy for future TMC
  developments
• Lead and co-ordinate enhancements to TMC
  features, services and products
• Support the co-ordination of the implementation
  of TMC services and products
• Define and operate quality procedures for
  location tables, receivers and terminals

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Structure and organisation
Assembly
Membership Sectors
Management Group
RDS Forum
World DAB
Liaison
Co-ordinator Administrator
Standardisation WG
Handbook WG (guidelines)
TMC Business Group
Location Ref. Business Group
Service release Team
NGTF
TRTF
LT release Team
NFTF
ISO TC 204 CEN TC 278
TTF
TF
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Key activities

• Forum Assembly
• Members Day define need and requirements of
  members through sector interests
• Forum Assembly and TMC Showcase 7 October 2003 in
  Paris
• Business Groups and Task Forces
• Active and regular meetings where new problems
  are being addressed, Use Cases proposed
  resolved
• Procedure defined agreed for encryption
  conditional access
• Survey of TMC Services
• Road-maps, future developments

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Key activities

• Location Table Release Team
• New location tables certified for
• Belgium, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands,
  Sweden and Switzerland
• TMC Forum acquiring a software test tool for
  verification of Location Tables.
• Forum will purchase the licence for all TMC Forum
  members
• Forum members purchase individual sub-licence
• Free demo version available
• Official tool providers may self-certify LT
  using the tool

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Key activities

• New Features Task Force
• Use Cases proposed
• Link travel times, traffic flow
• Telematics device control channel (Floating Car
  Data)
• Pre-warning message
• Notification of database updates
• Allocation of non-defined TMC codes to service
  providers
• Parking availability
• Direction information

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You want more information?
Please, contact

• Paul Kompfner -TMC Forum Co-ordinator
• p.kompfner_at_mail.ertico.com
• Uwe Feindt - TMC Forum Deputy Co-ordinator
• u.feindt_at_mail.ertico.com
• Ariane Brusselmans - TMC Forum Administrator
• a.brusselmans_at_mail.ertico.com