process of identifying equipment or entities that uses the surface transportation infrastructures by means of OBE’s combined with the unambiguous data structure

action or act of establishing the identity of a specific vehicle near an external ERI reader (ERR) without pinpointing the exact position of the vehicle

NOTE If there is more than one vehicle present in the vicinity of a reader, no specific vehicle, or its exact location, is identified. However, it will establish that a specific vehicle identity has passed in the vicinity of a reader.

action or act of establishing the identity of a specific vehicle

NOTE 1 This is in contrast to vehicle vicinity identification, where the vicinity of a vehicle with a specific identity is detected. With specific vehicle identification, it is also known which specific vehicle has been identified.

NOTE 2 Two kinds of specific vehicle identification may be distinguished: first, localized vehicle identification, in which case the location of the identified vehicle is known with such precision that not more than one vehicle can be present at the same time at that location; second, peer communication identification, in which case the identification of the vehicle engaged in some form of communication (e.g. an EFC transaction) is established.

ability of systems to exchange information and to make mutual use of the information that has been exchanged

EXAMPLE Tolling interoperability aims at enabling a vehicle to drive through various toll domains while having only one OBE operating under one contract with a Toll Service Provider.

“Application Area Interoperability” in a region spanning two or more areas with cross-border operation between operator domains, districts or nations, the capability for a nominal AVI/AEI system FE to operate with a nominal AVI/AEI system OBE