The 5G Automotive Association is a global, cross-industry organisation of companies from the automotive, technology, and telecommunications industries. Its goal is to develop end-to-end solutions for future mobility and transportation services, so avoiding incompatibility problems from the beginning.
The 5GAA is a registered voluntary association. It has a hierarchical structure. There are twelve top members, prime members, having the right to propose members for leading positions and general members. The 5GAA Board supervises and advises the Executive Committee in all material respects, in particular with regard to strategic considerations. The Board is composed of eighteen members, elected by the General Assembly every year, out of which:
twelve seats are reserved to platinum members ;
six seats are reserved to candidates elected among the gold members.
The 5GAA Working Groups develop the frameworks, practical aspects, required standards, and business cases for 5G and the future application of connected mobility solutions. 5GAA has seven Working Groups on:
WG1 : define end-to-end view on use cases and derive technical requirements and performance indicators for the certification of connected mobility solutions. Ensure interoperability for V2X and other affected technologies.
WG2 : define, develop and recommend system architectures and interoperable end-to-end solutions to address use cases and Services of Interest. Reviewing currently available solutions in technical areas such as wireless air interface technologies, wireless network deployment models, radio access networks and networked clouds, connectivity and device management or security, privacy and authentication.
WG3 : evaluate and validate end-to-end solutions through testbeds. Promote commercialisation and standardisation via pilots and large-scale trials by selecting the use cases in conjunction with go-to-market strategies. This includes multi-phase / multi-year planning with prioritisation.
WG4 : act as "Industry Specification Group", providing recommendations, contributions and positions to ETSI, 3GPP and other standards development organisations. Agree on spectrum requirements for V2X in ITS, MBB and unlicensed bands. Represent the association vis-à-vis other industry organisations.
WG5 : agree on criteria for business models. Identify involved organisations and companies, and prioritise them. Draft exemplary go-to-market plan as straw man function for agreed use cases under test and business models. Agree on how to best achieve a global approach to certification of the target connected mobility solutions.
WG6 : agree on common 5GAA positions in relation to policy and regulatory matters at a national, regional and global level to secure market access and support deployment road-map from a regulatory standpoint.
WG7 : review currently available solutions in the technical areas mentioned below and identify gaps towards comprehensive secure end-to-end solutions and specifications for the use cases and services of interest as defined by the WG “Use Cases and Technical Requirements”.
Priority Areas
5GAA has eight priority areas:
Trust: Implement state-of-the-art security and privacy in the V2X ecosystem
The 5G Automotive Association works for the standardization needed for the implementation of driverless, autonomous driving in cooperation with standards organizations such as ETSI, 3GPP and SAE. 5GAA primarily focusses on the deployment of cellular based communication, also known as Cellular-V2X. The association works on all aspects that may enable the market introduction of C-V2X: technology, standards, spectrum, policy, regulations, testing, security, business models and go-to-market.
Promotion of C-V2X
5GAA acts as a central point to inform the public on V2X emerging technology by demonstrating and holding conferences on the topic.
