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CHAPTER 1 
INTRODUCTION: INTELLIGENT VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS
and the automotive industry are organizing their requirements through functional groups such as the 
ERTICO–ITS Europe, Amsterdam Group, and the Car 2 Car Communication Association, for further 
enhancement of standardization. In addition to that international cooperation with ISO, IEEE, and the 
SAE pave way for global harmonization of ITS deployment.
1.3.2
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU)
ITU is a part of the United Nations organization in the field of telecommunications technologies. There 
are a few initiatives for the establishment of a joint task force on ITS communications between ITU 
and ISO. The joint task force is responsible for ITS applications, telecommunication manufactures, and 
other existing work on networking, in order to attain a global ITS standards. The intent of this joint task 
force is to collaborate with globally renowned forum for the establishment of a globally harmonized set 
of Intelligent ITS Standards. This harmonization should provide the utmost quality in the most efficient 
way possible to empower the rapid placement of fully interoperable ITS communication-related prod-
ucts in the global marketplace. Hence a convergent, harmonized, and incorporated approach provides 
ITU with an emerging ITS communication standard.
1.3.2.1 United States’ Initiatives for ITS Standards
Table 1.4
 provides links to standard development organizations (SDO) and some of these are specific 
ITS Standards efforts and their applications. In the United States, the DOT’s ITS Joint Program Office 
(JPO) involved with ITS standards development includes the ISO and the National Institute of Stan-
dards and Technology (NIST).
1.3.2.2 IEEE
IEEE plays a vital role in C-ITS standards. Some of the working groups that are responsible for deriv-
ing standards in ITS are IEEE 802, IEEE 802.11p, IEEE 1609 (WAVE), and IEEE SCC42 Transporta-
tion. The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee develops and maintains networking standards 
and recommended practices on a global basis. The IEEE 1609 Family of Standards for Wireless Access