The project:

• reviewed available standards and ongoing standardisation activities in major EGNSS application areas such as location-based services (LBS), road, rail, aviation, maritime, multimodal transport logistics, agriculture, timing and synchronisation in critical infrastructure,  and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS)
• analysed where existing standards needed to be updated, replaced or augmented to help facilitate and promote the use of EGNSS
• analysed where future standardisation is needed to support EGNSS market penetration
• proposed standardisation priority areas to facilitate the integration of Galileo and EGNOS into different user applications

This 8-month project was conducted by a consortium of 3 partners: VVA, GMV and LS.

Conclusions

Based on the analysis, the project suggested priority areas and actions for further standardisation work.

For unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs):

• preform a feasibility analysis to support the definition of GNSS requirements
• foster the standardisation process at ICAO/EUROCAE level

For LBS:

• update 3GPP/ETSI standards on the selection mode for GNSS constellations

For road:

• define the integrity concept and algorithms
• update information exchange standards to include integrity and authentication support

For timing and synchronisation:

• preform technical activities to address specific open points and provide input for the standardisation process
• develop EGNSS T&S receiver standards and a conformity assessment scheme

For maritime:

• perform technical studies to define GNSS requirements for autonomous vessels

For rail:

• develop technical studies on GNSS use in safety of life applications

For the internet of things (IoT):

• promote the inclusion of signal authentication and position integrity support in IoT reference architecture

Background

The European Commission’s Space Strategy acknowledged the importance of standardisation for the space sector. It announced that the Commission would encourage the uptake of space solutions through standardisation measures and roadmaps.

Standardisation plays an important role in the market uptake of Galileo and EGNOS. Standards support safety of life services such as E112 in transport, maritime and aviation. They are also vital to ensuring the operability, market uptake and market penetration of satellite navigation products and services. While upstream space activities have been covered widely in the past few years, a need remains for more downstream activities geared towards applications and services.