European Broadcasting Union
Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision
Implementation Task Force
ITF03007_2
2003-10-19
Abstract of paper to be given to the ITU-T Workshop
on standardization in telecommunications for motor vehicles
2003-11-24/25
Title: TPEG technology offers extensive in-vehicle information capability
TPEG technology has been developed over the last few years by a consortium of broadcasters
and consumer industry experts working in the European Broadcasting Union sponsored
Transport Protocol Experts Group, through being concurrently CEN TC 278 WG 4 and ISO TC
204 WG 10 – Project Group 7.
The emerging TPEG specifications in both Binary and XML formats are fast becoming
recognised as adaptable to many different wireless delivery bearers suitable for in-vehicle
services. At present Road Traffic Messages, Public Transport Information and Service and
Network Information applications, have been completed. The work is essentially at the ISO OSI
protocol stack application layer, but has included great consideration for the lower layers.
The suite of TPEG specifications – now undergoing standardisation - and their mapping will be
described. A brief comparison with the earlier legacy system: RDS-TMC will be shown. TPEG
technology offers language independent service delivery capable of offering multimodal
information to the traveller, without any constraints of requiring a location database. TPEG
technology offers a comprehensive machine readable capability to dynamically support invehicle navigation systems and to offer human readable messages to a wide range of client types.
The use of structured tables in TPEG technology allows extensions to be specified as new
concepts are required. Furthermore TPEG technology now provides a complete “toolkit” to help
rapid development of new applications, such as Parking Information and Congestion and Travel
Time.
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Mr Bev MARKS, Chairman TPEG Forum Standards Task Force
12 Dukes Hill, BATTLE, East Sussex, TN33 0LD, England
+44 1424 77 56 09
+44 7785 23 64 68
+44 1424 77 56 06
bevm@hollyblue.net
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