List of acronyms

3GPP: 
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)

3GT:
3rd Generation Telematics

ABS:

Anti-lock Braking System

ACC:

Adaptive Cruise Control

ACEA:
Association of European Automobile Manufacturers

ACNS:
Automatic Crash Notification System

ACP:
Applications Communications Protocol

ACU:
Antenna Control Unit

ADAS:

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

ADC:

Automatic Distance Control

ADS:
Automatic Dependent Surveillance

ADS-B:
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast

AECU:
Airbag Electronic Control Unit

AEI:
Automatic Equipment Identification

AF:
Alternative Frequency

AFC:
Automated Fare Collection

AFS:

Advanced Frontline System

AGVs:
Automatically Guided Vehicles

AHS:

Automated Highway System

AHSRA:
Advanced Cruise-assist Highway Systems Research Association, Japan

AID:

Automatic Incident Detection

AIS:
Automatic Identification System

ALERT:

Advice and problem Location for European Road Traffic protocol

AMI-C:

Automotive Multimedia Interface Consortium

ANB:

Automatic emergency brake assist

ANPR:
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (see also ANI)

API:
Application Programming Interfaces

APTS:
Advanced Public Transport Systems

ASIC:
Application Specific Integrated Circuit

ASV:
Advanced Safety Vehicle

ATCS:
Advanced Traffic Control Centres

ATIS:
Advanced Traveller Information System

ATMS:
Advanced Transportation Management Systems

ATT:
Advanced Transport Telematics

AVC:
Automated Vehicle Classification

AVCS:
Advanced Vehicle Control Systems

AVI:

Automated Vehicle Identification

AVL:

Automated Vehicle Location

AVNI:
Automatic Vehicle Number Identification (see also ANPR)

BAS:

Brake Assist System

BIVAS:

Inland navigation intelligent demand and supply system

BSM:

Blind Spot Monitoring

C2CC

Car-to-Car Communication Consortium

CAG:
Core Architecture Group

CALM:
Continuous Air interface for Local and Medium range communications

CAN:

Controlled Area Network

CCS:

Collision Countermeasure System

CCTV:
Close Circuit Television 

CEN:

Comité Européen de Normalisation

Cenelec:
European committee for Electronics normalisation (standards)

CGALIES:
Coordination Group on Access to Location Information by Emergency Services

CLI:
Caller Line Identification

CMV:
Commercial Motor Vehicle

CNS:
Communication, Navigation and Surveillance

CRD:
Child Restraint Device

CVHS:
Co-operative Vehicle Highway System

CVIS:

Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems

CVO:
Commercial Vehicle Operation

CWS:

Collision Warning System

DAB:

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DARC:

Data Radio Channel

DAS:
Driver Assistance System

DATEX:

Data Exchange Network

DDB:
Digital Data Broadcasting

DFD:
Data Flow Diagram

DG eCall:
Driving Group on eCall under the eSafety Forum

DGPS:
Differential global positioning systems

DIS:
Driver Information System

DMS:
Dynamic Message Sign

DOA:
Direction Of Arrival

DRM:
Digital Rights Management

DSRC:

Dedicated Short Range Communication

DTA:
Dynamic Traffic Assignment

DTMF:
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency

DVSMS:

Dynamic Vehicle Safety Management System

E112:

Location-enhanced Pan-European emergency call number

EC:
European Commission

eCall:

Emergency call 

ECDIS:
Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems

ECU:
Electronic Control Unit

EDI:

Electronic Data Interchange

EFC:

Electronic Fee Collection

EG:
eCall Generater

EGNOS:

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

EMC:

ElectroMagnetic Compatibility

ENC:
Electronic Navigational Charts

EOS:
End Of Service

EP:
Electronic Payment

EPS:
Electronic Payment System

ESC:
Electronic Stability Control

ESP:

Electronic Stability Program

ETA:
Estimated Time of Arrival

ETC:
Electronic Toll Collection

ETSI:
European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute

EUCAR:
European Council for Automotive Research

Euro NCAP:
European New Car Assessment Programme

EV:
Emergency Vehicle

FCD:

Floating Car Data

FCW:

Front-end Collision Warning

FET:
Future and Emerging Technologies

FLIR:

Forward Looking Infrared Radar

FOAM:
Framework for Open Application Management

FSD:
Full Set of Data

FVD:
Floating Vehicle Data (see also FCD)

GATS:

Global Automotive Telematics Standard

GDF:

Geographical Data Files

GE:
Ground Equipment

GIS:

Geographic Information Systems

GLONASS:
Russian Satellite Navigation system

GNSS:

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPRS:

General Packet Radio Service

GPS:

Global Positioning System

GRD:
Geographical Road Database

GSM:

Global System for Mobile Communications

GST:

Global System for Telematics Integrated Project

GTP:
Global Telematics Protocol

HGV:

Heavy Goods Vehicle

HMI:

Human Machine Interface

HOV:
High–Occupancy Vehicle

HTML:
Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP:
HyperText Transfer Protocol

I2I:

Infrastructure-to-Infrastructure

IC:
Integrated Circuit

ICC :
Intelligent Cruise Control

ICN:
Integration Information, Communication and Navigation

ICT:
Information and Communication Technologies

ID:
Identification

IENC:
Inland Electronic Navigational Charts

IETF:
Internet Engineering Task Force

IIMS:
Integrated Incident Management Systems

INTI:
Integrated Network of Transportation Information

IP:
Integrated Project, Internet Protocol

IPR:
Intellectual Property Rights

IR:
Infrared

ISA:

Intelligent Speed Adaptation

ISC:
Integrated Ship Control

ISO:
International Standards Organisation

ISP:
Information Service Provider (see also VASP)

ISRN:
International Standard Road Number

ITS:

Intelligent Transport Systems and Services

ITSSG:
Intelligent Transport Standards Steering Group

IVHS:
Intelligent Vehicle–Highway Systems

IVI:
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative

IVS:
In-Vehicle System

IVSS:
Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems

IVU:
In-Vehicle Unit

LBS:

Location-Based Services

LDW:

Lane Departure Warning system

LIDAR:
Light Detection And Ranging

MAGIC:

Mobile Automotive Geographic Information Core

MID:

Moulded Interconnect Device

MM:
Millimetre-wave Microwave communications

MMI:
Man-Machine Interaction

MoU:
Memorandum of Understanding

MSC:
Mobile Switching Centre

MSD:
Minimum Set of Data

MSG:
Mobile Standardisation Group

NEMO:

NEtwork MObility standard

NGSS:
Next Generation Satellite System

NIC:
New Information and Communications

OBC:

On-Board Computer

OBE:
On-Board Equipment

OBU:
On-Board Unit

OCC:
Operational Control Centre

OEM:
Original Equipment Manufacturer

OIS:
On-board Information System

OESGi:
Open Service Gateway Initiative

P2P:
Point-to-Point

PC:
Personal Computer

PCS:
Personal Communication Systems

PDA:

Personal Digital Assistant

POI:
Point Of Interest

PPP:
Public/Private Partnership

PSAP:
Public Safety Answering Point 

PT:
Public Transport

PTT:
Predictive Travel Times

RDS:

Radio Data System

RDS-TMC:
Radio Data Systems incorporating a Traffic Message Channel

RDWS:

Road Departure Warning System

RF:
Radio Frequency

RFID:
Radio Frequency IDentification

RNP:
Required Navigation Performance

RSC:
Roll Stability Control system

RSC:
Radio Spectrum Committee

RTA:
Requested Time of Arrival

RTD:
Research and Technical Development

RTI:
Road Traffic Informatics

RTM:
Road Traffic Management

RTPI:
Real-Time Passenger Information

RTTI:
Real-Time Traffic and Travel Information

Satnav:

Satellite navigation

SDK:
Service/Software Development Kit

SDS:
Spatial Distributed Sources

SG:
Steering Group

SMS:
Short Message Service

SP:
Service Provider, Sub-project

SP ID:
Service Provider Identification

SPV:
Special Purpose Vehicle

SRR:
Short Range Radars

SRS:
Systems Requirement Specifications

TA:

Traffic Announcement

TCC:
Traffic Control Centre

TCP/IP:
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

Telematics:
Combination of telecommunications and informatics

TEN:
Trans-European Network

TEN-T:
Trans-European Network - Transport

TERN:
Trans-European Road Network

TI:
Traffic Information service

TIC:
Traffic Information Centre

TICS:
Transport Information and Control Systems

TM:
Traffic Management

TMC:

Traffic Message Channel

TP:
Traffic Programme

TSI:
Technical Specifications for Interoperability

TSS:
Track-Side System

TTI:
Traffic and Travel Information

UCC:

Unified Chassis Control

UDP (User Datagram Protocol):
Internet Transport Protocol

UMTS:

Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

USIM:

Universal Subscriber Identity Module

USSD:
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

UUS.1:
User to User Signalling

V2I:
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

V2V:
Vehicle-to-Vehicle

V2X:
Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

VAS:
Value-Added Services

VASP:
Value-Added Service Provider (see also ISP)

VDS:
Variable Direction Sign

VDU:
Vehicle Display Unit

VII:
Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration

VIN:
Vehicle Identification Number

VMS:

Variable Message Signs

VoIP:
Voice-over IP Protocols

VRM:
Vehicle Relationship Managment

VRP:
Vehicle Routing Problems

VRU:
Vulnerable Road User

VSI:
Vehicle System Interface

VTMIS:
Vessel Traffic Management and Information System

W3C:

World-Wide Web Consortium

WAP:

Wireless Application Protocol

WG:
Working Group

WIFI:
Wireless Fidelity

WIM:

Weigh In Motion

WLAN:

Wireless Local-Area Network

XFCD:
Extended Floating Car Data