The company Elektrische Signalverarbeitung Dr.Fischer GmbH (ESF) was founded in 1997. Owner and director is Dr. Hans-Joachim Fischer.

ESF GmbH is providing various services in the domains:

• Paperwork
• Personal Computer Networks & Software
• Engineering
• Scientific Research
• Testing
• Small series production

For more details please select the tab "Services".

In order to meet our customer's requirements efficiently, we cooperate with other small and medium scale enterprises - establishing by this a virtual enterprise.

 

The office is located at:

Central office: Fichtenweg 9 - Asch 89143 Blaubeuren +49 7344 175 340 Fax: +49 7344 919 123 E-Post: info@fischer-tech.info WGS84 coordinates: N48 26.271 E9 49.467 How to reach us ... For accommodation we recommend Hotel Ochsen at 6 km distance from our office.

Software development: Blumenstraße 19 72827 Wannweil +49 7121 383 6893 E-Post: software@fischer-tech.info

Paperwork

1. Consultancy for Intelligent Transport Systems and Electronic Fee/Toll Collection
2. Standardisation at e.g. DIN, CEN, ETSI, ISO, IEEE) - expertise in editing standards and chairing working group sessions
3. Expertises on communications and radar
4. Production of documentations in German and English based on raw material.
5. Translation of technical documents from English to German, and from German to English.

Personal Computer Networks & Software

1. Microsoft Back Office installation and support
2. Maintenance for Microsoft Networks
3. Individual software with MS Visual Studio 13, e.g. data base applications with MS Visual Studio for MS SQL server

Engineering - Software Development

1. Scientific applications
2. Webdesign
3. µ-controller, signal processors

Engineering - Hardware Development

1. Customized digital circuits, e.g. with microcontollers, signal processors
2. Dedicated hardware for testing, e.g. in anechoic chambers

Scientific Research

1. Scientific studies
2. Numerical simulations

Testing

1. TTCN-3 test suite development and execution
2. Agilent VEE test suite development
3. Support for ETSI PlugTests
4. Field trials (Design and implementation, Performance, Evaluation )

Virtual enterprise established with companies providing complementary skill - fulfillment from one source!

1. Design and development of digital and analogue circuits, including radio frequency circuits and automotive environment.
2. Small series production

Some of our customers:

1. Arinc
2. Autostrade per L'italia
3. Autostrade Tech
4. Brecht GmbH
5. Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie
6. DaimlerChrysler
7. Dornier
8. EADS
9. EFKON
10. Ericsson
11. ETSI
12. ETRI
13. European Commission
14. Gebra Gitterrostbau GmbH
15. IEB GmbH
16. Kapsch
17. Mitsubishi Research Institute
18. Narda Safety Test Solutions
19. NEN
20. NOKIA
21. NORBIT
22. Norwegian Public road administration (NPRA)
23. OMRON
24. Q-Free
25. ST Microelectronics
26. TollCollect
27. Volkswagen

 

Cooperative Intelligen Transport Systems

Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) are being developed at various SDOs in a joint approach in order to merge the various "silo ITS applications" under one common cooperative platform which was originally developed at ISO TC204 WG16 ("the CALM group"). The CALM group introduced the concecpt of a "Bounded Secured Managed Domain" in ISO 21217, which is now being used for C-ITS.

Cooperative ITS can be defined as follows:

 

In case you need support for your C-ITS project, please do not hesitate to contact info (at) fischer-tech.info.

Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)

DSRC was a standardization project at CEN TC278 WG9:

• EN 12253 DSRC Physical Layer
• EN 12795 DSRC Data Link Layer
• EN 12834 DSRC Application Layer
• EN 13372 DSRC Profiles

ETSI provided standards for conformance testing:

• EN 300 674 Part 1: General characteristics and test methods for Road Side Units (RSU) and On-Board Units (OBU)
• EN 300 674 Part 2: Harmonized EN under 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive; Sub-part 1: Requirements for the RSU
• EN 300 674 Part 2: Harmonized EN under 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive; Sub-part 2: Requirements for the OBU

Thiese harmonized standards are registered in the official list of harmonized standards of the European Commission.

• TS 102 486: Intelligent Transport Systems(ITS); Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT); Test specifications for Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) transmission equipment;
  Part 1: DSRC data link layer: medium access and logical link control;
      Sub-Part 1: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma specification
      Sub-Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP)
      Sub-Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial PIXIT proforma
  Part 2: DSRC application layer;
      Sub-Part 1: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma specification
      Sub-Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP)
      Sub-Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial PIXIT proforma
  

ESF GmbH was involved in the development of all parts of these DSRC base / profile / test standards, partly as member of a CEN project team or as member of an ETSI STF (Specialist Task Force).

Electronic Fee Collection (EFC)

ESF GmbH was and still is involved in several real EFC implementations in Europe.

The Europe Commission together with CEN TC278 WG1 developed a harmonized European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) considering

• the well established CEN DSRC technology
• GNSS/CN as currently being in use in Germany
• the Italian Telepass technology, which is similar to CEN DSRC.

Such a harmonized service beneficially can be implemented as a C-ITS service on ITS in-vehicle platforms and ITS roadside platforms. This allows to reduce significantly the price of equipment related to EFC, and at the same time providing added-value services in the car.

General Purpose Interface Bus

This was a hardware and software development project of ESF GmbH in cooperation with IEB GmbH.

The universal interface GPIB-A1 together with a dual stepper drive module is in successful operation at NARDA Safety Test Solutions GmbH in several RF measurement set-ups including anechoic chambers with very high field strength. The stepper drives control position and movement of antennas.

This is a useful device for physical layer measurements of any radio equipment. The basic interface provides digital I/O lines at TTL levels. Please check the manual.

Control of the GPIB instruments is done via the Agilent VEE software. ESF GmbH is a registered VEE developer using VEE 7.

Please contact info (at) fischer-tech.info for further details.

Summary of activities at ESF GmbH

• Conformance testing and certification of C-ITS equipment.
• Consultancy for
  • Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS)
  • Communications in ITS, especially the set of standards developed under the acronym CALM at ISO TC204 WG16, but also including standards from ETSI TC ITS and IEEEE 1609 WG (WAVE).
  • Applications and application support (facilities) in ITS, especially the set of standards developed at ISO TC204 WG18, but also including standards from ETSI TC ITS.
  • Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT),
  • Dedicated Short Range Communication (CEN/ETSI-DSRC and Telepass)
  • Electronic Fee Collection (EFC) for both DSRC and GNSS/CN
  • TTCN-3 test suites for ITS
  • Radio Local Area Networks and Field Bus Systems (CAN, LON)
  • ISDN via packet radio
• Edition of book "Dedicated Short Range Communication - DSRC - A tutorial".
• Member of DIN GK717 (Road Telematics), DIN GK717 AK1 (DSRC), AK9 (Electronic Fee Collection), AK16 (C-ITS).
• Member of CEN TC278 WG1 (Electronic Fee Collection), WG2 (Freight and Fleet Management Systems), WG9 (DSRC), WG16 (Co-operative systems).
  • Editor of TS 17419 "Classification and management of ITS applications in a global context" (PT1601). Editor of upgrade to EN ISO 17419.
  • Editor of TS 17423 "ITS application requirements for selection of communication profiles" (PT1601). Editor of upgrade to EN ISO 17423.
  • Editor of TS 18750 "Definition of a global concept for local dynamic maps" (PT1604). Editor of upgrade to EN ISO 18750.
• Member of ISO TC204 WG4 (Automatic Vehicle and Equipment Identification), WG5 (Electronic Fee Collection), WG16 (Wide area communications/protocols and interfaces, CALM), WG18 (Co-operative systems)
  • Editor of ISO 16460 "Communication protocol messages for global usage"
  • Co-editor of ISO 21214 "CALM IR"
  • Editor of ISO 21215 "CALM M5"
  • Editor of ISO 21217 "ITS architecture" (first revision in the process of publication)
  • Editor of ISO 21218 "Access technology support"
  • Editor of ISO 24102 "ITS station management" (6 parts)
  1. Local ITS station management
  2. Remote ITS station management
  3. Service access points
  4. ITS station-internal management communication protocol (IICP)
  5. Fast service advertisement protocol (FSAP). Now revised with new number ISO 22418 (based on ISO 16460 - harmonized with IEEE WSA)).
• Editor of ISO 29281 "Non-IP networking" (2 parts).
  1. Fast networking & transport layer protocol (FNTP). Now revised on the basis of ISO 16460 (harmonized with IEEE WSMP).
  2. Legacy system support
• Expert at ETSI.
• Active contribution to ETSI ERM, ETSI ERM TG29 and TG37.
• Active contribution to ETSI ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) and its WGs.
  • Editor of TR 102 707 "ITS; ETSI object identifier tree; ITS domain"
  • Editor of TS 102 723-1 "ITS; OSI cross-layer topics; Part 1: Architecture and addressing schemes"
  • Editor of TS 102 723-2 "ITS; OSI cross-layer topics; Part 2: Management information base"
  • Editor of TS 102 723-3 "ITS; OSI cross-layer topics; Part 3: Interface between management entity and access layer"
  • Editor of TS 102 723-4 "ITS; OSI cross-layer topics; Part 4: Interface between management entity and networking & transport layer"
  • Editor of TS 102 723-5 "ITS; OSI cross-layer topics; Part 5: Interface between management entity and facilities layer"
  • Editor of TS 102 760-1,/-2, /-3 on test suite for ISO 21218
  • Editor of TS 102 985-1, /-2, /-3 (doc, ttcn3) on test suite for ISO 29281
  • Editor of TS 102 797-1, /-2, /-3 (doc, ttcn3). Three parts on test suite for ISO 24102
  • Editor of TS 102 860 "ITS; Classification and management of applications"
  • Editor of TS 102 965 "ITS; Application object identifier (ITS-AID); Registration list"
  • Editor of EN 302 665 "ITS; Communications architecture" (approx. a copy of ISO 21217)
  • Editor of TR 101 611 on Test suite validation of ISO 24102 and ISO 29281
  • Editor of TR 103 101 on Test suite validation of ISO 21218
  • Editor of TR 103 403 on Mitigation techniques to avoid interference between equipment compliant with EN 200 674 1 and ITS operating in the 5 GHz frequency range
  • Co-editor of EG 202 798 "ITS; Testing; Framework"
• Vice-chairman of WG2 (Architecture)
• Member / leader of ETSI Specialist Task Forces
  • STF 455 on a Platform for Conformance Testing of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) protocols operated in a Bounded, Secure Managed Domain (BSMD). Follow up activity of STF 422.
  • STF 422 on Conformance testing in support of interoperability for ISO 24102 - FSAP and ISO 29281 - FNTP, and HDR-DSRC
  • STF 404 on ITS LDM and ITS application identifier
  • STF 398 on ITS testing framework
  • STF 365 on Conformance testing in support of interoperability for ISO 21218
  • STF 359 on European profile standard for 5,9 GHz ITS communications
  • STF 282 on DSRC TTCN test suites for upper protocol layers.
  • STF 238 on DSRC harmonized test standards EN 300 674.
• Leader of the CEN TC278 Project Team
  • PT1601 on ITS application management in the global context.
• Member of the CEN TC278 Project Team
  • PT1604 on the Local Dynamic Map for global applicability in C-ITS
  • Member of PT1508 and co-editor of the CEN TR on "eCall via an ITS station unit"
• Member of the EU/US task force harmonization task groups HTG1, HTG3, and HTG7. Editor of the HTG3-1 deliverable. The whole set of deliverables is publicly available.
• Member of IEEE and IEEE-SA.
• Editor of draft IEEE 1609.3 rev 3.
• Chairman of 1609 PSID sub-group (works on harmonized understanding of ITS-AID and PSID, and a common registry)
• Work on selected issues of IEEE 802.11 relevant for ITS.
• Investigations in coexistence of ITS 5 GHz communications with the Italian HDR-DSRC EFC system.
• Consultation and Engineering for the EU project CVIS - validation of CALM.
• Independent evaluator for the EU funded research project RCI "Pan-European EFC service" conducted by ERTICO.
• Development of test software for communication systems using Python.
• Specification of DSRC (µW and IR) for the German truck tolling enforcement system including test specifications.
• Conformance verification of Italian Dual-Protocol Chip-Set for EFC - DSRC and TELEPASS.
• Test specification for the DSRC/TELEPASS protocol implemented in the Dual-Protocol Chip-Set.
• Specification of DSRC and EFC for the Norwegian Road Tolling System AutoPASS.
• Contribution to the DSRC and EFC test specification for the Norwegian Road Tolling System AutoPASS.
• Revision of the DSRC and EFC specification and test specification for the Norwegian Road Tolling System AutoPASS with respect to pan-European Interoperability of EFC applications and multiple communications / EFC protocols.
• Design and Development of the Microwave Dedicated Short Range Radio Data Link FP99. Prototype Realization and Field Trials.
• Design and Development of the Microwave Dedicated Short Range Radio Link PIGEON for the pan-European digital tachograph EFS2000. Prototype Realization and Field Trials.
• System Design for a pan-European Traffic Management System.
• System Design for Military Microwave Links.
• Basic Research on Communications and Numerical Simulations of radio links and radio systems.
• System Design for Millimetrewave Battlefield Communications and Spread Spectrum Technology.
• System Design for a Military Body Area Network.
• Design and Implementation of Algorithms for a Digital Receiver for AIS.
• Numerical Simulations and Embedded System Programming.
• Embedded System Programming for GSM Mobile Phone Tests.
• Embedded System Programming for an Emergency Telephone System for Train Applications.
• Embedded System Programming for a High Frequency Communication Link.
• Embedded System Programming for Military Microwave Links.
• Spread Spectrum Algorithms in C at LINUX.
• Speech Synthesizer Design for GSM Automotive Application.
• Visual C/C++ Programming. Crypto-Coder.
• Visual C/C++ Programming. Control Interfaces for Radio Systems.
• Visual Basic Programming. Office Software.
• HP-VEE Control Interfaces for Instruments. Mainly control of instruments in RF measurement chambers. HP-IB Interface modulare interface board with stepper drives.

Elektrische Signalverarbeitung Dr. Fischer GmbH

Our Virtual Enterprise is a "dynamic group" of SMEs. We have relations with

• IEB GmbH
• LECIT Consulting s.r.l.
• and others

Ingenieur Elektronik Benad GmbH

IEB GmbH is an electronics company in Saxonia.

We combine experiences in the areas of:

• Traffic Telematics / Intelligent Transport Systems
• Measurement Technique
• Automatisation Technique

We are engineering service providers for:

• Hardware development
• Software development
• Customer specific system development
• Small series production .

LECIT Consulting s.r.l.

Lecit Consulting s.r.l. is an independent consultancy company.

Main areas of interest and competence of the company are:

• Application architectures
• Information security
• Testing
• Content management systems and Electronic Commerce
• Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).

Main activities of Lecit Consulting in the time frame 2004-2005 are:

• ITS
• Road Transport and Traffic Telematics
• Electronic Fee Collection
• Standardization
• Testing.