AutoPASS Toll Collector solution SSA-V – Appendix 1 Annex 3
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AutoPASS Toll Collector solution
SSA-V, Appendix 1 Annex 3
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Abbreviation Description AutoPASS Collection and Forwarding Central (Formidlingssentral) is the ftp server handling all interoperability to and from TCs and TSPs using CS Norge. The interoperability hub exchanges files according to the EasyGo standard. ACFC "AutoPASS clearing and forwarding central". Communication Center (IT system) that acts as a collaborative point for AutoPASS Coordinated Payments.
Automatic License (or Number) Plate Recognition. The process of automatically reading license plates. See also OCR.
ANPR / OCR A method that uses Optical Character Recognition on images to read the license plates on a vehicle. NOTE: In AutoPASS we use the term ANPR Accepted, this is the rate for correct reading of the license plate. This is also known as the OCR hit rate. The Norwegian community for tolls - The electronic toll collection AutoPASS system used in Norway. An agreement signed by a customer, which confirms the usage of AutoPASS Agreement an AutoPASS OBU/OBE and gives the right to rebates. A suite of contracts and rules regulating the rights, mutual AutoPASS Contractual framework obligations, roles and responsibilities, tasks and the daily operation of AutoPASS IP.
The systems (e.g. AutoPASS HUB, IP, TC, etc.) and entities (e.g. TC, TSP, etc.) which together form the environment or AutoPASS Community “community”
Collaboration between operators and issuers within the AutoPASS Coordinated Payments Norwegian road user payment area. Traditionally, all Norwegian (AutoPASS Samordnet Betaling) toll companies have been included in the collaboration, both in the role of operator and issuer.
A Customer who has signed an AutoPASS Agreement with an AutoPASS Customer (OBU) AutoPASS TSP A ferry crossing enabling ferry payment to be done based on an AutoPASS Ferry AutoPASS agreement The AutoPASS HUB responsible for all interoperability to, from AutoPASS HUB and within the AutoPASS community The AutoPASS component responsible for Identification and AutoPASS IP Pricing of a passage Passing through a charging point where an AutoPASS agreement AutoPASS Passage and OBU are used as the means of payment. Transport and payment service offered in cooperation between the infrastructure owner (offering the transport service), the Toll AutoPASS Service (AutoPASS-tjenesten) Collector (TC) and the provider of Toll Services (Toll Service Provider) (offering the payment service)
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Abbreviation Description AutoPASS TC The AutoPASS Toll Collector is one of five RTCs AutoPASS TSP The AutoPASS Toll Service Provider - Issuer of the OBU The national register containing all vehicle and owner Autosys information - The Norwegian national vehicle database. Registration and approval of vehicles.
Avtalegiro Norwegian concept for direct debit Charging point The term used for toll station in the ISO 17573 standard. Commercial off the shelf - is a term used to describe the use of packaged solutions which are then adapted to satisfy the needs COTS of the purchasing organisation, rather than the commissioning of custom made, or bespoke, solutions. Cremul A bank format used for manual payment Central System Norge delivered by Q-Free AS to SVV, used by TC CS Norge (CS or CSN) & TSP The process to append/change customer data based on an external source. Typical data that is appended/changed: address, Data cleansing phone
The interoperability standard used in the Nordic countries, the collaboration is between toll companies in Norway, Sweden, EasyGo Denmark and Austria (in part) that enables toll payment within an entire area using only one OBU and one agreement.
The systems (e.g. software) and entities (e.g. TC, TSP, etc.) which EasyGo community together form the environment or “community” EasyGo HUB is the HUB handling all interoperability to and from EasyGo HUB EasyGo TCs and TSPs European Electronic Toll Service. European interoperability EETS standards that describe the roles of operators and issuers. External Passage Handling, used today for vehicles registered EPH outside of Norway without any known EasyGo or AutoPASS agreement A delivery unit in the SSA-T agreement which can be tested in its Functional unit entirety as a self-contained unit IDporten - the Norwegian national portal connecting to different Idporten authentication services Intergrated issuer (integrert utsteder) A TSP that is part of a Toll Collector. The process of exchanging information (including OBU status lists Interoperability and toll transactions) with other operators and issuers. Different channels for distribution of invoices to customer. E.g. Invoice distribution Electronic invoice (Efaktura), paper invoice, and EHF (Electronic Trading Format) invoice
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Abbreviation Description A company that enters into contracts with customers and issues OBUs. Organisation that issues agreements and OBUs to users of Issuer TSP (utsteder) toll roads, and is responsible for payment of passages. The TSP acts as an intermediary between all toll companies and end users / users. LPN License Plate Number MIR (manuell bildebehandling) Manual Image Recognition Nasjonal Vegdatabank - National road database – Contains NVDB information regarding Norwegian public roads, http://www.vegvesen.no/fag/teknologi/Nasjonal+vegdatabank On-board Unit/Equipment. An electronic device placed in the vehicle that communicates with roadside equipment at toll OBE / OBU (brikke) stations to detect passages. Also referred to as a tag or transponder. A company that operates toll roads. A defined role in the collaboration associated with companies who are responsible for Operator (TC) (operatør) collections of payments for use of infrastructure or transport services. Examples of operators are carrier companies or ferry companies. The information sent from roadside to AutoPASS IP of a Passage registered passage taking place on the roadside Describes which method of payment is chosen. Typically Payment channel Electronic Invoice (efaktura), VIPPS, direct debit ( avtalegiro ) The Norwegian company that operates the current central Q-Free system in Norway. Q-Free also provides OBUs and roadside equipment. Regional Toll Collector- The TC responsible within a region in RTC Norway Refers to equipment and systems placed at toll stations (as in Roadside (Vegkant) roadside equipment or roadside systems). Road Side Equipment - Equipment mounted at a collection point to communicate with the AutoPASS OBU and retrieve other RSE (veikantutstyr) information needed to handle users both with and without an AutoPASS OBU or chip/card. A company that handles operations and customer services for toll companies. There are 5-6 service operators in Norway. Service company (driftsoperatør) (Sometimes referred to as a service provider but this can be confused with Toll Service Provider and should be avoided.) Service users Customer or vehicle owner The Norwegian Public Roads Administration that owns the Statens vegvesen (SVV - NPRA) central system for toll collection. Stortingsmelding 2015 - På rett vei - Bompengereformen. Total StMeld 2015-25 (bompengereformen) organisational, legal and technical changes within toll collection. St. 25 (2014-2015).
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Abbreviation Description The term used for an operator in the ISO 17573 standard. An organisation that is entitled - and has exclusive right - to collect Toll Collector (TC) (bompengeselskap) user charges (tolls) from users of specific infrastructure (tunnel, bridge, road, road network, etc.)
A project financed by tolls, approved by the Norwegian Toll (Road) Project Parliament
The information sent from AutoPASS IP of an enforceable Transaction passage. The transaction is sent to the TC and TSP responsible for enforcing the payment
Toll Service Provider - The term used for an issuer in the ISO TSP 17573 standard. Users System users or system administrators An image taken at the charging point which includes the vehicle Vehicle image (kjøretøybilde) and the number plate, and thereby documents the passage of the vehicle
Vehicle passage data The collection of data for a vehicular passage, consisting of a (kjøretøypasseringsdata) transaction and one or more images. Also known as AutoSys. The national register containing all Vehicle register vehicle and owner information - The Norwegian national vehicle database. Registration and approval of vehicles.
Variable Message Sign. The electronic sign showing passage VMS sign prices next to a toll station
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