generic term for the computing and communication facilities of a service provider or an approval authority (regulatory) or jurisdiction regulator

information processing system through which data from an RFID cargo shipment tag is communicated, processed and viewed

NOTE It is a subset within/of the cargo shipment tag system. The network platform system includes a wireless radio network, a server, terminal(s), database, middleware, etc. Information from the cargo shipment tag system is accessible, according to pre-determined access criteria, to authorized users through a dedicated internet website.

communication point where one part of a system communicates with another in order to service an application

NOTE 1 to entry: The communication point is typically but not necessarily wireless in the scenarios of ISO 26683.

read-write tag into which data specific to a containerized cargo shipment can be stored and the tag and the data uploaded in it are the responsibility of the shipper

NOTE The tag can be affixed to the container by the shipper or, as per the shipper’s instructions, by the party that physically performs the loading (“stuffing”) of the container. Data capabilities are flexible and can, at the shipper’s discretion, include destination, routing, conveyance or other transportation information, time and location of the interrogation, cargo information (including hazardous material information, where applicable) or other trip-specific information. The tag must perform reliably from the point of stuffing of the container to delivery destination, and is to be removed by the consignee upon final delivery. The tag is reusable.

ISO/IEC 18000-6 Type C tag with Protocol Control bit 17 set at “0’ indicating that what follows is an EPC header

container tag permanently affixed, read-only (including Write Once Read Many – WORM) tag containing limited data relating only to physical identification and description of the container to which it is affixed

NOTE This tag, affixed by or on behalf of the container owner, should last the lifetime of its associated container (except in situations where the container changes ownership and/or equipment ID).

means or function which carries data objects from one point to another point

establishes a session as soon as the vehicle is switched on, and maintains that session, so long as it is possible, for as long as the vehicle is operating

active communication session created when the in-vehicle equipment at a time of its choosing initialises a time controlled session in order to send a message/exchange data, or it receives an inbound call, such as receipt of a safety message from the infrastructure; and the session is ended as soon as the task is achieved

communication functionality offered by an ITS-station to an ITS-station application

specification of how one or more Freight-X business processes are executed by specifying the Freight-X business rules governing its business collaborations and the information content (message profile) of the electronic business transactions exchanged