HELSINKI & KOBE, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Developer of ECLIPSE car navigation brand and advanced safety systems, FUJITSU
TEN LIMITED provided an emergency call specification Telematics
Control Unit (TCU)*1 for the emergency call system live
demonstration (supported by GLONASS UNION*2, VTT, Gemalto and FUJITSU
TEN) at the ITS European Congress 2014 venue in Helsinki (Organizer:
ERTICO*3, June 16 to 19 local time).
To demonstrate the
interchangeability between the European eCall system and the Russian
ERA-GLONASS system, demonstrations were carried out simultaneously in
Europe and Russia for the first time in the world.
To help mitigate the consequences of serious road accidents, the European Commission (EC) has adopted a proposal for a regulation concerning a type-approval requirement for deployment of the eCall system. In Russia, a technical regulation on wheeled-vehicle safety with ERA-GLONASS has been adopted and will come into force in 2015; GSM, which is the mobile communication standard in Europe, is to be adopted as the wireless communication standard. In order to enforce eCall-related standards, a pre-deployment pilot project (HeERO*4) has been promoted aggressively in European countries since 2011. We have participated in this project since 2013. These demonstration and interoperability tests are a part of HeERO’s activities.
The demonstrations verified that typically a vehicle equipped with ERA-GLONASS initiates an emergency call (eCall) to PSAP in Europe, and likewise that a vehicle equipped with eCall initiates an emergency call (ERA-GLONASS) to PSAP in Russia. Thus, the interoperability between eCall and ERA-GLONASS was confirmed.
Contributions to development of advanced safety systems through the
state-of-the-art technologies of telematics
Correspondence to
the emergency call system leads to the best opportunity to introduce the
telematics service which needs standard installation of the
communication device to all vehicles. The telematics service makes it
possible to gather and provide information which contributes to
improvement of comfort, safety, convenience and satisfaction for the
customer and which is a bridge linking people, vehicles and society.
[Marcel Visser, Member of the ERTICO Supervisory Board and Director
Business Development, Automotive Segment, Gemalto*5]
"The
first ever simultaneous and live emergency eCall interoperability
demonstration at the 2014 European ITS Congress in Helsinki highlights
the power of advanced connected car technology to improve road and
driver safety."
[Evgeni Meilikhov, Development Director, ERA-GLONASS Project, GLONASS
Union]
“We were glad to demonstrate harmonized operation of
ERA-GLONASS and eCall systems together with our partners ERTICO and
Fujitsu Ten at the 10th ITS European Congress. Harmonization of
standards and technical regulations will facilitate creation of a common
safety space in Russia and EU. This will bring us closer to our common
goal – saving lives on the roads.”
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*1 TCU |
Telematics Control Unit | |
*2 GLONASS UNION | Non-commercial Partnership for Development and Use of Navigation Technologies (GLONASS Union) was established on 21 May 2012 with the goal of development and adoption of GLONASS technology-based products and services in Russia and abroad. | |
*3 ERTICO |
(European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination
Organization)
The network of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services stakeholders in Europe. |
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*4 HeERO | The pan-European project that promotes eCall Emergency call system to be mandatory. | |
*5 Gemalto |
Gemalto is a company providing auto grade wireless modules for eCall and solutions in achieving reliable global connectivity across country and network borders. For more information, please visit http://www.gemalto.com/m2m |
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