ISO 17438-3:2024

Intelligent transport systems — Indoor navigation for personal and vehicle ITS stations — Part 3: Requirements and specification for indoor positioning reference data

This document defines requirements and specifications for indoor positioning references, which can be referenced for positioning in indoor space, for supporting indoor navigation functionality of a personal/vehicle (P/V) ITS station. This document defines: a) the composition of indoor positioning references for use in obtaining indoor positions for indoor navigation of P/V-ITS-stations; b) the schema and encoding format of indoor positioning references for P/V-ITS-stations. This document focuses on indoor positioning references. The following issues which are adjunctive but essential for commercial navigation services are beyond the scope of this document: — authorized and authenticated access of users and services, including security; — payment; — preparation of indoor data which are necessary for indoor navigation; — low-level communication protocols required to transfer and share data from and to a roadside ITS station or a central ITS station; — other issues dependent on implementation of an instance of indoor navigation.

Systèmes de transport intelligents — Navigation interne pour station personnelle et véhicule ITS — Partie 3: Exigences et spécification pour les données de référence de positionnement intérieur

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-Sep-2024
• ICS: 03.220.01 - Transport in general
• ICS: 35.240.60 - IT applications in transport
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 204 - Intelligent transport systems
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 204/WG 17 - Nomadic Devices in ITS Systems
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 04-Sep-2024
• Due Date: 27-Oct-2024
• Completion Date: 04-Sep-2024

Standards Content (Sample)

International
Standard
ISO 17438-3
First edition
Intelligent transport systems —
2024-09
Indoor navigation for personal and
vehicle ITS stations —
Part 3:
Requirements and specification for
indoor positioning reference data
Systèmes de transport intelligents — Navigation interne pour
station personnelle et véhicule ITS —
Partie 3: Exigences et spécification pour les données de référence
de positionnement intérieur
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1 Terms and definitions .1
3.2 Abbreviated terms .4
4 Requirement and conformance. 5
4.1 Requirements .5
4.2 Conformance .5
5 Conventions . 5
6 Indoor positioning references for positioning at P/V-ITS-stations . 5
6.1 Overview .5
6.2 Scope of indoor positioning references .6
6.3 Use cases of indoor positioning references .6
7 Definition of indoor positioning references . 6
Annex A (normative) ASN.1 module . 14
Annex B (informative) An example of indoor positioning references — WiFi .16
Bibliography .18

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Foreword
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Introduction
With the spread of nomadic and mobile devices such as smart phones and the rapid expansion of indoor
spaces, many of the services and facilities related to the transport system have become accessible to indoor
spaces. Consequently, navigation in indoor space is considered a new killer application in the transport
industry.
The objective of this document is to provide a basic data model and encoding format for indoor positioning
reference data required for indoor navigation functionality for ITS applications. This document is intended
to be used by designers, developers and providers of indoor navigation services. When implemented, this
document is intended to:
1) provide developers and designers with concepts and appropriate information to implement indoor
navigation services;
2) provide developers and designers with interoperable ways to use indoor navigation data from various
sources for indoor navigation;
3) enable the provision of indoor navigation services to users;
4) provide developers and designers with an extendable base for indoor navigation.

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International Standard ISO 17438-3:2024(en)
Intelligent transport systems — Indoor navigation for
personal and vehicle ITS stations —
Part 3:
Requirements and specification for indoor positioning
reference data
1 Scope
This document defines requirements and specifications for indoor positioning references, which can be
referenced for positioning in indoor space, for supporting indoor navigation functionality of a personal/
vehicle (P/V) ITS station.
This document defines:
a) the composition of indoor positioning references for use in obtaining indoor positions for indoor
navigation of P/V-ITS-stations;
b) the schema and encoding format of indoor positioning references for P/V-ITS-stations.
This document focuses on indoor positioning references. The following issues which are adjunctive but
essential for commercial navigation services are beyond the scope of this document:
— authorized and authenticated access of users and services, including security;
— payment;
— preparation of indoor data which are necessary for indoor navigation;
— low-level communication protocols required to transfer and share data from and to a roadside ITS station
or a central ITS station;
— other issues dependent on implementation of an instance of indoor navigation.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 13184-2, Intelligent transport systems (ITS) — Guidance protocol via personal ITS station for advisory
safety systems — Part 2: Road guidance protocol (RGP) requirements and specification
ISO 17438-1, Intelligent transport systems — Indoor navigation for personal and vehicle ITS station — Part 1:
General information and use case definition
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 13184-2 and ISO 17438-1 and the
following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
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3.1.1
nomadic device
ND
implementation of a personal ITS station which provides communication connectivity via portable
equipment such as cellular telephones, wireless communication network (3G, 4G and 5G), mobile wireless
broadband (WIMAX, HC-SDMA, etc.), etc. and includes short range links, such as IEEE 802.11x, etc. to connect
portable devices to the motor vehicle communications system network
Note 1 to entry: Nomadic devices that have hardware security modules and have been certified to be ITS-trusted are
called a personal ITS station.
[SOURCE: ISO 23795-2:2024, 3.1.1, modified — Note 1 to entry has been added.]
3.1.2
navigation
combination of routing, route transversal and tracking
Note 1 to entry: This is essentially the common term "navigation", but the definition decomposes the process in terms
used in the packages defined in ISO 19133.
[SOURCE: ISO 19133:2005, 4.15, modified — “this International Standard” has been replaced by “ISO 19133”
in the definition.]
3.1.3
indoor navigation
navigation provided in indoor space
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.2]
3.1.4
indoor navigation data
data needed for indoor navigation, which includes indoor maps and indoor positioning infrastructure
information
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.13]
3.1.5
indoor space
space within artificial structures such as buildings and facilities connected with transport corridors or roads
EXAMPLE A building or indoor parking lot.
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-1:2016, 3.1.2]
3.1.6
ITS station
ITS-S
entity in a communication network, comprised of application, facilities, networking and access layer
components specified in ISO 21217 that operate within a bounded secure management domain
[SOURCE: ISO 13184-2:2016, 3.5]

3.1.7
personal/vehicle ITS station
P/V-ITS-S
ITS station implemented in a vehicle or personal mobile device
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.4, modified — "personal mobile device" has been replaced by "mobile
device" in the definition.]
3.1.8
roadside ITS station
R-ITS-S
system that receives and processes vehicular and pedestrian information within a certain zone
Note 1 to entry: The system is installed at the roadside.
[SOURCE: ISO 13184-2:2016, 3.9, modified — "and determines the situation, in order to provide the safety
warning and parking guide service to vehicles and pedestrians" has been removed from the definition.]
3.1.9
central ITS station
central ITS-S
C-ITS-S
implementation of an ITS-S in a central ITS subsystem
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.6]
3.1.10
indoor positioning
determination of a location in an indoor space
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.7]
3.1.11
client-based indoor positioning
indoor positioning executed at a personal/vehicle ITS station (P/V-ITS-S)
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.8]
3.1.12
server-based indoor positioning
indoor positioning executed at a central ITS station (C-ITS-S)
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.9]
3.1.13
indoor positioning infrastructure
infrastructure used to determine locations of personal/vehicle ITS stations (P/V-ITS-S) in an indoor space
EXAMPLE Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.
[SOURCE: ISO 17438-4:2019, 3.1.11]
3.1.14
indoor positioning reference
information to support indoor positioning
Note 1 to entry: Detailed specifications and contents
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