EGNOS Service for Payment/Liability Critical Applications in the Road Sector

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The main objective of the project is to develop an appropriate integrity concept for payment/liability critical applications focused on the road sector.

EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) currently provides augmentation to the Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Positioning Service (SPS). EGNOS augments GPS using the L1 (1,575.42 MHz) Coarse/Acquisition (C/A) civilian signal function by broadcasting correction data and integrity information for positioning and navigation applications over Europe.

EGNOS provides three services:

• Safety of Life (SoL) Service, for safety-critical transport applications, including civil aviation, which require enhanced and guaranteed performance and an integrity warning system [RD.8];
• Open Service (OS), free and open to the public, which provides positioning, navigation and timing services to be used by mass-market receivers and common user applications [RD.9];
• EGNOS Data Access Service (EDAS), which is intended for users who require enhanced performance or products for commercial and professional use [RD.10].

The next generation of EGNOS, EGNOS V3, will augment GPS and Galileo constellations in the L1 and L5 bands and will extend the service area to the entire landmasses of EU member states. The European Commission (EC) is defining the roadmap for the long-term evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond EGNOS V3, including new services or uses of EGNOS.

Liability and payment-critical applications are defined as those applications for which undetected GNSS underperformance, non-availability or large errors can result into significant legal or economic consequences for the service or application provider.

Some applications in the road sector exploiting the position with a liability-sensitive function are emerging in Europe such as pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurances. In the near future, such applications may require a new service to generate tailored insurances for each road user. Unlike traditional insurance policies, the premiums to be paid by the policyholders are dependent on how much, where and when the road user drives. Another type of usage-based insurance is pay-howyou-drive (PHYD) insurance. Although similar to PAYD, PHYD makes use of additional sensors like accelerometer to monitor driving behaviour. In this case, the premiums to be paid by the policyholder depend on how the user drives: if the user has aggressive habits, respects the speed limits, etc.

Note that a mismatch of the vehicle’s current speed together with erroneous position data may impact the driving data, skills and habits of the road user. Afterwards, it will be very difficult for end-users to claim that they are being overcharged and for service providers to see that they are undercharging their customers.

In the coming years new payment/liability critical applications will emerge, such as reconstruction of accidents, mobility as a service, road traffic infraction monitoring and fine management, road traffic congestion monitoring, automatic charging in car parks, etc. Those that involve a payment based on actual use or exploit the position with a regulated or liability sensitive function may have specific needs from E-GNSS and in particular from EGNOS.

The new EGNOS service for road may not only play a major role in the accurate position computation of the vehicle but shall also provide all the features necessary for users to trust their position.

The main objective of the project is to develop an appropriate integrity concept for payment/liability critical applications focused on the road sector. When defining the service, the Contractor shall consider to which extent the service requires evolutions of the SBAS infrastructure, user equipment or of the service provision scheme to provide the required integrity assurance. The On-Board Unit (OBU) will have to allow all the features necessary to trust the position in situations where enforcement, payments and related claims are involved. Since the E-GNSS sensor may just be a component among other sensors, the project shall address what other technologies or components may be needed on top of the current GNSS signals, and what would be the contribution of each element to the overall integrity assurance.

To achieve this objective, the Contractor shall carry out at least the following activities:

• Analyse the current competitive landscape worldwide and its evolution until 2035. o Identify user needs, service performance and operational requirements and analyse the possible evolutions in the 2025-2035 timeframe. The Contractor shall specifically analyse the user need for integrity for critical applications supporting legal procedures or financial operations.
• Identify the current legal requirements at European level and analyse the possible evolutions in the future.
• Define an integrity concept at user level for payment/liability critical applications including the contribution of EGNOS to the overall integrity; define the requirements of the multi-sensor OBU.
• Derive SBAS mission and operational requirements from the user requirements.
• Perform technical analyses to validate the integrity concept at user level and the corresponding user requirements.
• Analyse the potential service provision scheme, either via the EGNOS Service Provider (ESP) or via dedicated service providers, and determine the main service requirements.
• Analyse the Costs and Benefits of the new service focusing on the actions that shall be taken to influence the decision-making process of each stakeholder (i.e. device manufacturers, service providers, etc.).
• Perform a test campaign to validate the integrity concept proposed.
• Define the concrete implementation steps and a timeline for the operational introduction of the EGNOS service and its adoption by service providers and users.

The project shall be focused on how a dedicated EGNOS service shall be designed to fulfil the user requirements for PAYD/PHYD applications. Requirements from other payment/liability critical application can be considered if user requirements are similar and would be met by the new EGNOS service.

Description of Tasks

The following subsections describe the list of tasks to be carried out under this contract. The Contractor is invited to critically review the tasks defined and might propose other specific activities that the Contractor may find useful to cover the main analysis’ objectives defined.

The tender must comply with applicable environmental, social and labour law obligations established by Union law, national legislation, collective agreements or the international environmental, social and labour conventions listed in Annex X to the Directive 2014/24/EU.

The main management activities to be performed during the contract are:

• Contractual management
• Organisation and coordination of internal communication flow
• Documentation management
• Project status management and reporting
• Establish and maintain the travel plan
• Review and verification of deliverables
• Organisation of progress and review meetings (calling notice, agenda and minutes)
• Identify needs for interfaces with external entities
• Ensure coordination between the different activities as necessary
• Quality Management

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