• Number: GROW/2019/OP/0003

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

When defining the service, the contractor will consider to what extent the service requires evolutions of satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) infrastructure, user equipment, or the service provision scheme to provide the required integrity assurance. The on-board unit (OBU) will have to include all the features necessary to ensure trust in the positioning provided in situations where enforcement, payment or related claims are involved.

As the European global navigation satellite systems (E-GNSS) sensor may be one component among others, the project will also address what other technologies or components could be needed in addition to current GNSS signals, and what the contribution of each element to the overall integrity assurance would be.

To achieve this objective, the contractor must, at minimum, carry out the following activities:

• analyse the current competitive global landscape and its evolution until 2035
• identify user needs, service performance and operational requirements, and analyse possible evolutions from 2025 to 2035. The contractor will specifically analyse the user need for integrity when it comes to critical applications supporting legal procedures or financial operations
• identify the current legal requirements at European level and analyse possible future evolutions
• define an integrity concept at user level for payment/liability critical applications including the contribution of EGNOS to overall integrity, and define the requirements of the multi-sensor OBU
• derive SBAS mission and operational requirements from 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 needed 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 provide a timeline for the operational introduction of the EGNOS service and its adoption by service providers and users

Note: This project will focus on how a dedicated EGNOS service will be designed to fulfil user requirements for pay as/how you drive (PAYD/PHYD) applications. Requirements for other payment/liability critical applications can be considered if they are similar and could be met by the new EGNOS service.

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