Abbreviations

Results for area 1 Electronic fee collection (EFC)

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information security incident
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single or a series of unwanted or unexpected information security events that have a significant probability of compromising business operations and threatening information security

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absolute charging error
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difference between the measured charge (toll) value and the actual value (as measured by a reference system)

NOTE A positive error means that the measurement exceeds the actual one.

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activist
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especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause, who may or may not use violence to achieve his goals

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asset
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anything of value of an EFC system stakeholder

NOTE 1 to entry: An asset may be tangible or intangible.

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threat analysis
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systematic detection, identification, and evaluation of threats

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front end application
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part of the Front End above the API

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attribute
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application information formed by one or by a sequence of data elements, used for implementation of a transaction

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audit
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recognising errors such as illicit systems and/or illicit access and recording and analysing information related to security relevant activities and events in order to attain proper security control in accordance with security policy

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authenticity
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property that an entity is what it claims to be

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authenticator
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data appended to, or a cryptographic transformation of, a data unit that allows a recipient of the data unit to prove the source and/or the integrity of the data unit and protect against forgery

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information security
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preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information

NOTE 1 to entry: In addition, other properties such as authenticity, accountability, non-repudiation and reliability can also be involved.

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security threat
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potential action or manner to violate security systems

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Security Measure (countermeasure) (SM)
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central communication unit
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part of the central equipment serving as a mobile communication interface to the OBE

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back end
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generic name for the computing and communication facilities of the Service Provider and/or the Toll Charger

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central equipment
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system components at fixed centralized locations

NOTE Central equipment is not the same as central system. Central equipment is used in the GNSS/CN based EFC system.

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Toll Service Provider back office (TSP-BO)
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Toll Charger back office (TC-BO)
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Certification Authority (CA)
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natural or legal person trusted to create public key certificates

NOTE See also top-level certification authority and intermediate certification authority.

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security target (ST)
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ST set of security requirements and specifications to be used as the basis for evaluation of an identified TOE

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foreign power
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government or any agency of any state of nation except the state or nation under whose jurisdiction a particular toll schema is being operated

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action
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function that an application process resident at the roadside equipment can invoke in order to make the onboard equipment execute a specific operation during the transaction

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road usage data
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data necessary to calculate the fees accumulated by a road user

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vehicle-related data
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any kind of data related to the vehicle’s characteristics (including any trailer), its movements, the vehicle driver or the vehicle’s cargo

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charging data
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toll relevant data produced by the on-board equipment and sent to the Toll Service Provider's back-office systems

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Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
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Link Service Data Unit (LSDU)
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data group
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collection of closely related EFC data attributes which together describe a distinct part of an EFC transaction

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event detection
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element of the system responsible for detecting Chargeable Events associated with a Charge Object

NOTE The output of this element provides the key information to compute a charge in a discrete scheme, or act as input for a function in a continuous scheme (e.g. for zones where distance tariffs apply).

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Discrete Charge Report (DCR)
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discrete toll scheme
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toll scheme where the charge is calculated based on distinct events associated with the identification of Charge Objects such as crossing a cordon, passing a bridge, being present in an area, etc.

NOTE Each event is associated with a certain charge.

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Discrete Toll Declaration (DTD)
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implementation extra information for testing
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statement made by the supplier or an implementor of a DUT which contains or references all of the information (in addition to that given in the implementation conformance statement) related to the DUT and its testing environment, which will enable the test laboratory to run an appropriate test suite against the DUT

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enforcement
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process of compelling observance of a law, regulation, etc.

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Charging Error Interval Lower Bound (CELB)
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impact
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adverse change to the level of business objectives achieved

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transport service
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service used by a toll-liable vehicle in a given toll regime under the responsibility of a toll charger

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availability
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property of being accessible and useable upon demand by an authorized entity

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trusted third party (TTP)
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security authority or its agent that is trusted with respect to some security-relevant activities (in the context of a security policy)

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trust object
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information object that is exchanged between entities to ensure mutual trust

EXAMPLE An electronic signature or an electronic certificate.

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Trusted Element (TE)
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EFC service
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service for electronic payment offered by a payment service provider

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electronic fee collection (EFC)
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toll charging by electronic means via a wireless interface

NOTE The actual payment (collection of the fee) may take place outside the toll system.

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false positive event
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chargeable Event that did not take place but is recorded by the system

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policy
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overall intention and direction as formally expressed by management

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implementation extra information for testing pro forma
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document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an IUT becomes an implementation extra information for testing

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implementation conformance statement proforma
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document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an implementation or system becomes an implementation conformance statement

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functionality
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group of parameter which are able to measure the performance of an EFC system, e.g. communication, application, vehicle and traffic characteristics

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one(s) liable for toll
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person(s) or legal entities liable to pay toll under the operation of a toll regime

NOTE A toll regime can designate more than one person to be (jointly and severally) liable for paying the toll.

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hacker
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computer user who attempts to gain unauthorised access to a proprietary computer system or exploit vulnerabilities in such a system

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charge report (CR)
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data structure transmitted from the Front End to the Back End to report road usage data and supplementary related information

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evaluation assurance level (EAL)
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assurance levels to evaluate securities for products and systems

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Charging Error Interval Upper Bound (CEUB)
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information asset
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knowledge or data that has value to the organisation

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inspection
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conformity evaluation by observation and judgement accompanied, as appropriate, by measurement, testing, or gauging

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data protection commissioner
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person responsible for the enforcement and monitoring of compliance with the applicable data protection legislation

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on-road service integrator (ORSI)
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the On-road Service Integrator provides to the Service User both tolling services and VAS offers and as such incorporates the role and responsibilities of the EFC Service Provider as defined in ISO 17573 plus the additional responsibilities as provider of VAS

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integrity
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safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of information and processing methods

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data integrity
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property that data has not been altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner

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equipment interoperability
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ability of two or more pieces of equipment to operate in conjunction

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
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roadside unit (RSU)
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roadside equipment that controls signals and provides information, e.g. the signal controllers and the information board controllers

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channel
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information transfer path

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Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
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message authentication code (MAC)
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string of bits which is the output of a MAC algorithm

NOTE 1 to entry: A MAC is sometimes called a cryptographic check value (see for example ISO 7498-2).

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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front end
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part(s) of the toll system where road usage data for an individual road user are collected, processed and delivered to the Back End

NOTE to entry The Front End comprises the on-board equipment and an optional proxy.

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specific examination framework
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particular instance of a set of Examination Tests defined by an entity to determine the performance of specific selected Charging Metrics during either Evaluation and or Monitoring

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toll context
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logical view of a toll regime as defined by attributes and functions

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context layout
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group of attributes of the context data providing the geographic information of the EFC domain

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context data
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information defined by the responsible Toll Charger necessary to establish the toll due for circulating a vehicle on a particular Toll Domain and to conclude the toll transaction

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toll context data
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set of data necessary to define a toll context

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business continuity
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processes and/or procedures for ensuring continued business operations

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cordon
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border line of an area

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cordon pricing
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charging process based on registering passages of a cordon

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secure hash algorithm (SHA-1)
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Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
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quality
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degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils requirements

NOTE 1 to entry: User requirements can include ease of use, safety, availability, reliability, sturdiness, economy, and environmental safety. Such requirements can be explicit or implicit.

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quality of EFC equipment
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group of parameter (reliability, availability, maintainability) which are able to define the quality of EFC equipment by qualitative and quantitative figures

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laboratory tests
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tests which are performed in a laboratory under specified conditions

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MAC_NR
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MAC_TC
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MAC_TSP
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Maximum Billing Details Delay (MBDD)
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Maximum Toll Declaration Delay (MTDD)
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Maximum User Statement Delay (MUSD)
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Maximum Payment Claim Delay (MPCD)
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performance metrics
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specific calculations used to describe the charging performance of a system

NOTE These calculations are technology and schema-independent.

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Charging Metric (CI)
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International Standardised Profile (ISP)
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ISP internationally agreed-to, harmonized document which describes one or more profiles

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international registrar
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company authorized to register Protection Profiles at an international level

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mobile roadside equipment
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<compliance checking communication> roadside equipment located on-board special vehicles using or standing near the road transport network or hand-held equipment, for the purpose of communication and data exchange with the on-board equipment of passing vehicles

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monitoring
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process within a distributed system for collecting and storing state data

NOTE This can be used to observe metrics during operation.

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toll domain; EFC domain
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same as toll domain: area or part of a road network where a toll regime is applied

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toll
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charge, tax, fee, or duty in connection with using a vehicle within a toll domain

NOTE The definition is a generalization of the classic definition of a toll as “a charge, a tax, or a duty for permission to pass a barrier or to proceed along a road, over a bridge, etc.” The definition above also includes fees regarded as an (administrative) obligation, e.g. a tax or a duty.

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toll scheme
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organizational view of a toll regime, including the group of actors of one toll domain and their relationships

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EFC point; toll point
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location within a toll domain where the OBE has to issue a toll declaration

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EFC object; charge object
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geographic object where a charge for the use of infrastructure is due according to the definition in the toll regime

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toll system
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off board equipment and possible other provisions used by a toll charger for the collection of toll for vehicles

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non-repudiation
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ability to prove the occurrence of a claimed event or action and its originating entities, in order to resolve disputes about the occurrence or non-occurrence of the event or action and about the involvement of entities in the event

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missed recognition event
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Chargeable Event that takes place but is not recorded by the system

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responsibility
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state of being responsible, accountable or answerable, as for an entity, function, system, security service or obligation

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urban charge point
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physical and geographically limited area equipped with, as a minimum, roadside equipment, gantries, poles and outriggers, powers supply, cabinets and cabling and central equipment communication where the installed equipment performs the necessary data exchange with OBEs passing in the charging direction(s).

NOTE: The Urban Charge Point will also in a more enhanced mode collect information about non-equipped vehicles and vehicle characteristics, e.g. information used for classification.

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operator
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entity involved in the process outside the user

NOTE An operator is a generic term which can be used for a toll service provider or a toll charger.

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verification
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confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that specified requirements have been fulfilled

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on-board unit (OBU)
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OBU minimum component of an on-board equipment, whose functionality always includes at least the support of the DSRC interface

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on-board equipment (OBE)
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equipment installed in a vehicle that exchanges information via one or more radio communication interfaces with other OBE or WAE

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test parameter
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parameter that specifies one or more characteristics of a system to be tested

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interval scale parameters
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scale of measurement of data, according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary

NOTE Interval scaled parameters are applicable in mathematical equations using the operators plus or minus. Interval scales having a zero offset are equal to ratio scales.

EXAMPLE The temperature scale in Celsius is an interval scale, in Kelvin it's a ratio scale.

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nominal scale parameters
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discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories

NOTE Nominal scaled parameters are applicable in Boolean equations using the operators equal or not equal.

EXAMPLE A nominal scale parameter for vehicles could consist of cars, trucks, vans and motorcycles.

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ordinal scale parameters
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scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences

NOTE Ordinal scaled parameters are applicable in Boolean equations using the operators greater, greater or equal, less or less or equal.

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personalization card
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set-up card IC card to transcribe individual data such as vehicle information into On-Board Equipment

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fixed roadside equipment
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roadside equipment installed at a fixed position along the road transport network, for the purpose of communication and data exchange with the on-board equipment of passing vehicles

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validity
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quality or state of being valid; having legal force

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enterprise
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company organised for lawful or unlawful commercial purposes

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signature
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one or more data elements resulting from the signature process

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billing details
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for a given transport service, all necessary data required to determine and/or verify the amount due for the service user

NOTE 1 If the data is accepted by both the Toll Charger and the Toll Service Provider then it is called a concluded billing detail which can be used to issue a payment claim.

NOTE 2 For a given transport service, the billing detail is referring to one or several valid toll declaration(s). A valid billing detail has to fulfil formal requirements, including security requirements, agreed between the Toll Service Provider and the Toll Charger.

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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
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ratio scale
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scale of measurement of data, having a fixed zero value, which permits the comparison of differences of values

NOTE Ratio scaled parameters are applicable in mathematical equations using the operators multiplication and division.

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transport service provider (TSP)
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person, company, authority or abstract entity offering a transport service to the user for which the user has to pay a fee (the fee will in some cases be zero, e.g. emergency vehicles)

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communication provider
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provider of communication services used for the transmission of information

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GNSS path post processing (GPP)
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evaluation
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systematic examination of the extent to which an entity e.g. system, process, product, or a unit is capable of fulfilling specified requirements

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access credentials (AC_CR)
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data that is transferred to on-board equipment (OBE), in order to establish the claimed identity of a roadside equipment (RSE) application process entity

NOTE Access credentials carry information needed to fulfil access conditions in order to perform the operation on the addressed element in the OBE. Access credentials can carry passwords as well as cryptography-based information such as authenticators.

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point of observation (PoO)
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interface, or in general identifiable access to a system, where conformance can be stated and verified

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assurance requirement
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security requirements to assure confidence in the implementation of functional requirements

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XML Encoding Rules (XER)
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roaming rules
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set of attributes for Front Ends according to CEN ISO/TS 17575-4, defining the group of associated EFC contexts and their relationships; and/or for Back Ends according to EN ISO 12855, defining the relations for multi-context EFC domains

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empty list
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container for attributeValues (OCTET STRING) with the length equal to zero

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implementation conformance statement (ICS)
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statement made by the supplier of an implementation or system claimed to conform to a given specification, stating which capabilities have been implemented

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profile
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set of one or more base standards and/or ISP, and where applicable, the identification of chosen classes, conforming subsets, options and parameters of those base standards, or ISPs necessary to accomplish a particular function

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HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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HTTP over Secure socket (HTTPS)
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toll service provider (TSP)
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a legal entity providing to his customers toll services on one or more toll domains for one or more classes of vehicles

NOTE 1 In other documents the terms issuer or contract issuer may be used.

NOTE 2 The toll service provider may provide the OBE or may provide only a magnetic card or a smart card to be used with OBE provided by a third party (like a mobile telephone and a SIM card can be obtained from different parties).

NOTE 3 The toll service provider is responsible for the operation (functioning) of the OBE.

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proxy
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optional component of the Front End that communicates with on-board equipment and processes road usage data into a format compliant with ISO TS 17575 and delivers the data to the Back End

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average relative charging error (ARCE)
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ratio between the sum of computed charges associated to a set of vehicles during a certain period of time and the actual due charge (for the same set of vehicles and the same period) minus 1

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DSRC directory containing application information in the form of attributes

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target of evaluation (TOE)
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overview
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attribute and group of data elements providing the information if an EFC context is relevant for a specific vehicle or not

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acceptance testing
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examination that a product, process, or service is in conformity with the system specification

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accountability
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property that ensures that the actions of an entity may be traced uniquely to the entity

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associated EFC context
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EFC context for which an individual user has the contractual consent that his or her Front End is interoperable

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accepted charging error interval
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interval of the Relative Charging Error varying from a negative (undercharge) to a positive (overcharge) value that the Toll Charger considers as acceptable, i.e. correct charging

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test case
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an abstract or executable test case

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threat agent
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entity that has the intention to act adversely on an asset

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session
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exchange of information and interaction occurring at a specific electronic fee collection station between the roadside equipment and the user/vehicle

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relative time
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point in time relative to a defined event e.g. the entrance of a vehicle into an EFC specific area in minutes and/or hours

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relative charging error
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ratio between the Absolute Charging Error and the actual value, i.e. Relative Charging Error = Absolute Charging Error/Actual Value

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representative trips
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trips that are of a distance larger than a defined threshold and so have to be considered by the related metrics

NOTE 1 Only trips which exceed the threshold and cover the specific types of roads of the Toll Regime have to be considered.

NOTE 2 The threshold may be defined as zero.

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EFC regime
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set of rules, including enforcement rules, governing the collection of toll in a toll domain

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toll regime
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set of rules, including enforcement rules, governing the collection of a toll in a toll domain

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interface
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abstraction of the behaviour of an object that consists of a subset of the interactions of that object together with a set of constraints on when they may occur

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Wide Area Network (WAN)
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layout
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technical description of the location of a tolled object including, if applicable, auxiliary data for determining the vehicle's position relative to the tolled object

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Steering Committee (SC)
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driver (Dr)
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person who drives a vehicle

NOTE The driver is assumed to operate (use/serve) the on-board equipment (e.g. the setting of the number of axles).

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Interoperability Management (IM)
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role that manages the toll charging environment, i.e. defining and maintaining a set of rules that, taken together, defines the policy of a given toll regime or of the overall toll charging environment

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transaction counter
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data value in the on-board unit that is incremented by the roadside equipment at each transaction

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EFC cluster; toll cluster
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a group of toll schemes operating under a common agreement providing interoperability for vehicles equipped with an appropriate OBE and being contracted under a Toll Service Provider being part of the cluster

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certificate revocation list (CRL)
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signed list indicating a set of certificates that are no longer considered valid by the certificate issuer

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Requirements List (RL)
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type approval
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approval based on conformity testing on the basis of one or more specimens of a product representative of the production

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simulation
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representation of selected behavioural characteristics of one physical or abstract system by another system

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simulation of an EFC system
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in a simulation of an DSRC-based EFC system, selected behavioural characteristics of the EFC system are represented by a computer model to enable the testing of the EFC equipment in a realistically modelled environment

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Simulated OBE/FE (SO)
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service (EFC)
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EFC road transport related facility provided by a service provider, normally a type of infrastructure, the use of which is offered to the user, for which the user may be requested to pay

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charging scheme
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description of an Electronic Fee Collection system and its context including (but not limited to) the motivation and strategy for the fee collection, the definition of the geographical area, road network or road section where the fee will be collected, vehicles types subject to fee collection, fee payment rules, tariffs, exception handling and enforcement rules, technology to be used, implementation and duration and how the collected fee will be used

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toll service
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service enabling users having only one contract and one set of OBE to use a vehicle in one or more toll domains

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Localisation Augmentation Communication (LAC)
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information sent by the roadside equipment to the on-board equipment to augment the positioning for autonomous systems

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value added service (VAS)
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an additional value that is created in an EFC system to Service Users or the system operator beyond the core service, payment for road use

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data set
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logical set of data elements selected by semantic relation

NOTE Data set is used only for better understanding and is fully independent from implementation solutions.

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data subject's consent
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freely given specific and informed written indication of his wishes by which the data subject signifies his agreements to personal data relating to him being processed by the EFC Service Provider and Toll Charger

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computational specification
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decomposition of a system into objects performing individual functions and interacting at well defined interfaces

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Continuous Charge Report (CCR)
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continuous toll scheme
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toll scheme where the charge is calculated based on the accumulation of continuously measured parameter(s), such as distance, time, etc.

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Continuous Toll Declaration (CTD)
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key management
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Encryption Key Control generation, distribution, storage, application and deletion of encryption keys

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user complaint
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complaints related to service provision received by the Toll Service Provider from its Users via contact channels

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system
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something of interest as a whole or as comprised of parts

NOTE A system can be referred to as an entity. A component of a system can itself be a system, in which case it can be called a subsystem.

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Enforcement System ANPR (ESA)
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Enforcement System DSRC (ESD)
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EFC system
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system that enables electronic debiting for the use of transport services

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charging system
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system for Electronic Fee Collection supporting and fulfilling the requirements of a Charging Scheme

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Rivest, Shamir and Adleman (RSA)
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tarrification
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calculation of the tariff

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test status
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nature of a test, either basic or conditional

NOTE 1 to entry: A test labelled “conditional” is performed if, and only if, it is applicable to a feature identified in the specification of the system or component, whereas a test labelled “basic” indicates a highly recommended test as part of a foundation for meaningful evaluation.

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tariff scheme
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set of rules to determine the toll due for a vehicle in a toll domain for a tolled object at a certain day and time

EXAMPLE A table that shows the toll for various classes of vehicle.

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technical architecture
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the concept of the technical delivery platform in terms of technical components, their interfaces and interactions

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field test
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test that is performed under real-life conditions

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transaction
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whole of the exchange of information between the roadside equipment and the on-board equipment necessary for the completion of an electronic fee collection operation over the dedicated short range communication

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transaction model
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functional model describing the general structure of electronic payment fee collection transactions

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test type
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kind of test, such as inspection, simulation, lab test, and field test

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charging period
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period of time which is used to define the frequency of the Toll Declarations, when Charge Reports are aggregated to form Toll Declarations

NOTE If the Charging Period is set to 24 hrs then in the Toll Context Data a single Toll Declaration is submitted for each 24 hr period for each Service User.

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undercharging
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situation where the calculated charge is below the Accepted Charging Error Interval

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overcharging
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situation where the calculated charge is above the Accepted Charging Error Interval

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charge-relevant event
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event occurring within a tolling system, which is relevant for charge calculation, but not for the detection of a Charge Object itself

NOTE Examples of this type of event are changes in vehicle category or time zone.

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road section tolling
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processes for EFC based on charges for individual road sections

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attack
definition

attempt to destroy, expose, alter, disable, steal or gain unauthorised access to or make unauthorised use of an asset

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service user; user (SU)
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generic term used for the customer of a toll service provider, one liable for toll, the owner of the vehicle, a fleet operator, a driver etc. depending on the context

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User Account (UA)
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assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and equity of a Service User in his relationship to his Toll Service Provider

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user account
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assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and equity of a Service User in his relationship to his Toll Service Provider

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validation
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confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use are fulfilled

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successful charging
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situation where the User has been correctly charged according to the rules of the system

NOTE For discrete Charging Schemes this means that for a given chargeable journey the Chargeable Events have been correctly identified and for continuous schemes that the Charge determined is within the Accepted Charging Error Interval.

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Virtual Private Network (VPN)
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government
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government or any agency of the state of nation under whose jurisdiction a particular toll schema is being operated

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sample
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subset of a population made up of one of more of the individual parts in which the population is divided

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toll charger (TC)
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legal entity charging toll for vehicles in a toll domain

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issuer
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entity responsible for the payment system and responsible for issuing the payment means to the user

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toll declaration
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statement to a Toll Charger that confirms the presence of a vehicle in a toll domain in a format agreed between the Toll Service Provider and the Toll Charger

NOTE A valid toll declaration has to fulfil formal requirements, including security requirements, agreed between the Toll Service Provider and the Toll Charger.

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Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
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customer of a toll service provider
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person or legal entity that uses the service of a Toll Service Provider

NOTE Depending on the local situation, the customer can be the owner, lessor, lessee, keeper, (fleet) operator, holder of the vehicle's registration certificate, driver of the vehicle, or any other third person.

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base standard (BS)
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approved international standard or ITU-T Recommendation

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service primitive
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elementary communication service provided by the application layer protocol to the application processes

NOTE 1 to entry: The invocation of a service primitive by an application process implicitly calls upon and uses services offered by the lower protocol layers.

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population
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totality of items under consideration

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EFC equipment
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value units bearing device (VBD)
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device in the hand of the Service user that contains value units

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rationale; verification
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verification process determining that a product of each phase of the system life cycle development process fulfils all the requirements specified in the previous phase

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implementation under test (IUT)
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implementation of one or more OS1 protocols in an adjacent user/provider relationship, being that part of a real open system which is to be studied by testing

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conformance testing
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testing the extent to which an IUT is a conforming implementation

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dedicated OBE testing (DO)
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test
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procedure designed to measure characteristics of a component or system in specified conditions

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test procedure
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instructions for the setup, execution, and evaluation of results for a given test case

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test house
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third party that carries out the test

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tester
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a combination of equipment and processes which is able to perform conformance tests according to ISO/TS 13143-1

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charge area
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anywhere within the width of the carriageway (all lanes in both directions) at the charge point + 1.0 meter outside the carriageway on both sides of the carriageway limited in the travelling direction by the footprint of the DSRC beacons

NOTE The term is also in other references used for describing the whole geographical area covered by the EFC system.

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tolled area
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geographic area where a toll is applied for use of vehicles

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tolled road
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road where a toll is applied for vehicles

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tolled road network
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road network where a toll is applied for vehicles

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area pricing
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charging process based on road usage occurring within a given area

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tolled object
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distinguished part of a toll domain for which one or more tariff schemata apply

EXAMPLE An area, all public roads within an area, a bridge, a zone, or a stretch of a road (network).

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tolled passage
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location where a toll is applied for passing vehicles

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tolled road section
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road section where a toll is applied for vehicles

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chargeable event
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event in which a vehicle passes through a Charge Object that implies that vehicle has to be charged or a different rate (e.g. price per kilometre) applied

NOTE This event refers to the use of a certain object and not to the mechanisms by which detection is produced.

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vulnerability
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weakness of an asset or control that can be exploited by a threat

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processing of personal data
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operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction

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payment claim (PC)
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recurring statement referring to concluded billing details made available to the Toll Service Provider by the Toll Charger who indicated and justified the amount due

NOTE The payment claim is used by the Toll Service Provider to issue financial objects to its customers (e.g.

invoices on behalf of the Toll Charger). A given toll payment claim is referring to billing details and takes into account any specific commercial conditions applicable to a vehicle, a fleet of vehicles, a customer of a Toll Service Provider and/or a Toll Service Provider. A valid “payment claim” has to fulfil formal requirements, including security requirements, agreed between the Toll Service Provider and the Toll Charger.

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