cen:proj:39130

Intelligent transport systems - Public transport - Implementation specifcations for IFM Systems cen:proj:39130

Scope

Background: Most IFM systems are relying on ISO/IEC 14 443 standard series for ensuring contactless communication between smart ticketing media (PICC) and contactless readers (PCD). The ISO/IEC 14 443 is a cross industry standard and hence offers a large set of possible options and configurations (more than 12 documents for tests & specifications). To ensure contactless interoperability between readers and objects, different industry segments have published ISO/IEC 14 443 implementation specifications and have set up associated certifications process. For transit industry no global implementation specification and certification process exist: - Test are done at local scale depending on each PT network interoperability area (city, county, region, country, ...) This is a limitation to transit interoperability and this situation is not future proofed - Contactless testing of banking cards and NFC phones with transit systems cannot remain local and must be centralized. Work Item Proposal: This Work Item proposes to tackle down this issue by specifying the implementation details of the contactless communication protocol between ticketing media and readers within IFM systems. Considered contactless communication protocols are ISO/IEC 14443 - Parts 1 to 4 and associated testing methods defined by ISO/IEC 10373-6. The repository will be applicable: - to any contactless terminal requiring to interact with a ticketing contactless media, and acting as an ISO/IEC 14443 PCD (reader) - to any contactless media requiring to host a ticketing application, and acting as an ISO/IEC 14443 PICC (card) In addition, the repository shall satisfy the following requirements: - Allow the acceptance of various form factors of contactless media such as smart cards in ISO ID1 format, contactless USB keys and contactless NFC phones. - Facilitate the migration plan of existing ticketing terminals and minimize their migration cost, taking into account as much as possible existing RF repositories for transit ticketing system. - Leave as much as possible the possibility for targeted terminals and media to comply additionally with other industry contactless repositories, such as EMVCO Level 1 or future NFC Forum Analog and Digital Protocol Technical Specifications. - Provide requirements for contactless communication layers that remain independent from the used ticketing application. - Take benefit from the latest evolutions in ISO/IEC 14443 and ISO/IEC 10373-6 (antenna classes, EMD amendment, ...). Specific requirements for transport to be included in this repository, if any, shall be clearly identified and justified in practice. Moreover, the establishment of this repository shall lead to the definition of a qualification process for ticketing terminals and media at the contactless communication protocol level. Given the costs required to build a repository and a qualification process "dedicated to transit" and in order to control these costs, the working group will focus as much as possible on the reuse of existing repositories and qualification processes. Such qualification process shall be based on the testing tools and methods defined in ISO/IEC 10373-6 and shall remain open to any ISO/IEC 14443 accredited testing lab. Compliance to this repository shall ensure interoperability between terminals and media at contactless communication level and avoid the need for extensive cross testing between ticketing terminals and media.