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SAE J2313 - On-Board Land Vehicle Mayday Reporting Interface
This Fact Sheet was written on October 01, 2005.
The status of the standard at the time was:
Published in September 1999.
This Fact Sheet was last verified on October 14, 2009
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Overview
Systems that are used to alert emergency response agencies that an individual vehicle has been involved in an accident are commonly referred to as "mayday systems." Until recently, the 30 or so different mayday systems that have been installed in many vehicles could not communicate with each other, nor were they compatible with existing national, state, or local emergency (911) response agencies. Most of these systems are comprised of cellular telephones equipped with a geostationary positioning system (GPS) and a modem. Current systems are being integrated into a vehicle’s electronics suite and are capable of fully automated deployment without human intervention. In addition, mayday service providers have begun to combine this service with various other ITS services, such as advanced traveler information systems (ATIS). Due to the public perception that such systems should have a basic level of functionality anywhere in the country, the industry is designing components that can work together using common interface standards. The purpose of SAE J2313 is to establish and define a common messaging methodology to allow the maximum amount of interface between private service providers and local government emergency management agencies. This interface is proposed to operate over a variety of telecommunications links extending from the vehicle.
What are these standards for?
This standard, SAE J2313 On-Board Land Vehicle Mayday Reporting Interface, is intended to standardize industry requirements regarding the message content which vehicles can be expected to exchange with receiving response agencies, and to establish a common message set, basic message support requirements, and simple protocols of data exchange. It prescribes various protocol methods so that vendors with different communication methods can "speak" to response agencies in a standardized format.
Who uses them?
This standard, SAE J2313 On-Board Land Vehicle Mayday Reporting Interface, is intended for use by private industry (e.g., manufacturers) and public safety and emergency response agencies (at the receiving/dispatching point) at local, state, and national levels. Receiving devices are expected to be found at local public response dispatch points (primary safety answering points).
How are they used?
When a vehicle is involved in an incident (e.g., collision or roadside breakdown), a call to a response agency is initiated. Initiation can be automatic or manual depending on device features. When automatic, SAE standards such as J2366 or J2367 may be involved to integrate vehicle sub-systems. Once the telecommunication media used has connected, the device sends, in a standardized way, information about the vehicle (state of various safety systems, precise location, recent path locations, vehicle identification number [VIN] and description, etc.) to the response point, where a dispatching computer displays this information. The operator can query for additional data, retransmission, or updates; alternatively, the operator may be able to speak with the person requiring aid at the site. The dispatch operator then initiates the appropriate response, possibly using the IEEE incident management message set (IEEE Std 1512 - 2000). Private response companies typically follow this pattern as well; it can also use the devices for non-emergency assistance, such as lost drivers requiring directions, etc.
Scope
This standard, SAE J2313 On-Board Land Vehicle Mayday Reporting Interface, describes the interface between an on-vehicle mayday detection reporting system and the emergency response center that responds to the call for assistance. Automatic detection and reporting either by the vehicle or by roadside detectors is also an essential capability described in this standard.
This standard addresses the functionality of the vehicle in detecting and reporting such an event. Equipment suites on each vehicle will vary widely, as will the communications channel employed to report the incident. This standard prescribes a basic methodology to uniformly incorporate whatever level of data reporting the vehicle supports (containing information about both the vehicle condition and any occupant data). The data is then transmitted to the response management agency in a standardized format regardless of the transmission media used to effect the communications.
Related documents
The following ITS standards are related and should be considered when using this standard:
- SAE J2355 - ITS Data Bus Architecture Reference Model Information Report
- SAE J2366/1 - ITS Data Bus - lDB-C Physical Layer
- SAE J2354 - Message Set for Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS)
- SAE J2369 - Standard for ATIS Message Sets Delivered Over Reduced Bandwidth Media
- SAE J2374 - Location Referencing Message Specification
- IEEE Std 1512-2006 Standard for Common Incident Management Message Sets for use by Emergency Management Centers
The following standards and documents, while not part of the ITS standards, should also be considered when using this standard:
- ISO 3779 -- Road vehicles - Vehicle identification numbering (VIN) - Content and structure
- ISO/IEC 8824-1 -- Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation
- SAE J1761 - Information Report on ITS Terms and Definitions
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 -- Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets
- US DOT Research and Special Programs Administration - North America Emergency Response Guidebook
- NENA Document 01-002 - Master Glossary of 9-1-1 Technology
How to obtain Standards
- https://www.sae.org/ Phone:
877-606-7323
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