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

ESF has a certain focus, but is not restricted to this, on communication and radar technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems. ESF is providing the following services:

• Consultancy
• Scientific research
• Expertises
• Numerical simulation
• Engineering and prototype realisation
• Software and firmware development
• PC data base applications.

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:

Fichtenweg 9 - Asch
89143 Blaubeuren
Phone: +49 73 44 9191-88
Fax: +49 73 44 9191-23
VoIP-Phone: +49 7344 175340 (with answering machine and email notification of calls - trial-number from sipgate)
Email: info (at) fischer-tech.info
WGS84 coordinates: N48 26.271 E9 49.467

You may reach our office by taxi, either from the airport Stuttgart (45 minutes ride), the main railway station Ulm (20 minutes ride) or the railway station Blaubeuren (10 minutes ride).

Coming by car either from Ehingen, Ulm, Stuttgart, München or Ravensburg, please note the following instructions:

From Ehingen:

B492 towards Blaubeuren. In Blaubeuren turn left on B28 towards Bad Urach. After the tunnel take the first exit right and the the first exit left uphill towards Sonderbuch / Asch. In Asch turn right towards Ulm. Once you passed the petrol station turn right twice.

From Ulm:

B28 towards Blaubeuren. Drive through Blaustein and Herrlingen. Turn right uphill towards Wippingen / Asch and drive through Wippingen. In Asch take the first exit to the left and then turn right.

From Stuttgart / Stuttgart aiport:

Take highway Autobahn A8 towards München. Leave A8 at exit Merklingen. Follow the signs towards Blaubeuren, then towards Berghülen, Bühlenhausen, Asch. In Asch turn left towards Ulm. Once you passed the petrol station turn right twice.

FromMünchen:

Take highway Autobahn A8 towards Stuttgart. Leave A8 at exit Ulm West / Dornstadt towards Ulm. After passing the tunnel in Ulm follow the signs towards Blaubeuren. For further information see above.

From Ravensburg / Weingarten:

Take B30 towards Ulm. Leave B30 at exit Ulm / Donautal towards Donautal (not Wippingen!).After crossing a hill, in Ulm follow the signs towards Blaubeuren. For further information see above.

Paperwork

1. General consultancy
2. Standardisation. We are full member of ETSI.
3. Expertises
4. Scientific studies
5. Numerical simulation
6. Technical reports

Electrical Engineering

1. Design and development of digital and analogue circuits, including radio frequency circuits.

Software

1. TTCN test suites
2. Agilent VEE test suites
3. Scientific applications
4. Webdesign
5. µ-controller, signal processors
6. Office applications

Field trials

1. Design and implementation
2. Performance
3. Evaluation

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

1. Computer networks and operating systems
2. Internet
3. Automotive electronics
4. Radio communications: e.g micro waves, millimeter waves, infra red
5. Small series production

Coopearative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems

is a validation project conducted within the 6th EU Framework Programme, both working on basic technologies for communications related to the CALM standardisation, and on applications using the communications means.

An important class of applications are being developed for road safety. The is engaged in this development.

Communications Access for Land Mobiles

is a standardization project. Responsible for the set of CALM standards is ISO TC204 WG16.

At a very early stage, ESF GmbH organised the First European CALM Conference held at Castle Reisensburg, a conference facility of the University of Ulm. ITS organizations from Asia, Europe and USA were present and contributed to the success of CALM.

The project CVIS, a large cross-border field trial, being prepared under the lead of ERTICO, has started within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission. On the one hand side it is, beyond other tasks, validating the set of CALM standard, and on the other hand side, CVIS is providing significant feedback to CALM in order to improve or finalize the standards.

Further related important research projects, beyond others, are:

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ESF GmbH is actively contributing to CALM. Dr. Fischer is editor of four CALM standards, i.e.:

• ISO 21215 Microwave Medium at 5 GHz
• ISO 21218 Medium Access Points
• ISO 24102 ITS station management
• ISO 29281 Non-IP networking (Suite of CALM FAST services)
• New work item Integration of WAVE in CALM
• New work item Integration of GeoNet results in CALM
• New work item Handover architecture

Dr. Fischer also was co-editor of ISO 24102 CALM Infra-Red and ISO 21217 CALM Architecture.

Intelligen Transport Systems

Standardisation activities such as conducted within the project CALM at ISO TC204 WG16 are also considered at other organisation, e.g. at IEEE (802.11p and 1609), at ETSI TC ITS, and in a joint approach at CEN TC278 WG16 / ISO TC204 WG18. Please visit our portal on ITS Standardization.

Actually there is a partial overlap of work items which bears the risk to result in competing, non-compliant standards.

A joint effort is aiming on a harmonized set of standards. IETF is contributing with respect of mobile IPv6. The set of CALM standards already was successfully implemented and validated in the CVIS project.

In case you want to contribute to this joint effort, please do not hesitate to contact info (at) fischer-tech.info.

Dedicated Short Range Communications

DSRC is a standardization project. Responsible for the set of basic DSRC standards

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

was CEN TC278 WG9.

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).

The process continues at CEN TC278 WG1 - WG on Electronic Fee Collection (EFC) in order to develop standards as the technical interoperable basis for the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS).

Electronic Fee Collection

EFC mainly is an implementation project, as almost all standards urgently needed are already available.

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

The urgent task now is to serve Europe in a user-friendly, cost-effective, reliable way to achieve interoperable cross-border EFC. The basic well-proven core technology is DSRC. New technologies such as GNSS/CN, Video/OCR recognition, etc. may be used in addition to the pan-European mandatory core technology where reasonably being applicable. It has to be considered, that most vehicles in Europe are in private usage (cars, motorcycles), thus expensive technology like complex navigation technology is not acceptable at all, especially for those countries that still suffer from low economy. "Cheap" implementations of navigation technology suffer from somewhat low performance. Considering the competition between DSRC and GNSS/CN it is easyly being calculated that in case of enforcement to be implemented for EFC systems - which is not only reasonable but urgently required -, DSRC systems are cheaper to be implemented and operated than GNSS/CN sytems. The main cost in a DSRC EFC system is the cost of enforcement. The effort for enforcement is the same for DSRC and GNSS/CN.

The Europe Commission together with CEN TC278 WG1 now are working towards 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 on a CALM in-vehicle platform. 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 is 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 6 and VEE 7.

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

Summary of activities at ESF GmbH

• Consultation for
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems (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
  • Communications Access for Land Mobiles (ISO-CALM)
  • 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) and AK9 (Electronic Fee Collection).
• Member of CEN TC278 WG1 (Electronic Fee Collection), WG9 (DSRC), WG16 (Co-operative systems).
• Member of ISO TC204 WG5 (Electronic Fee Collection), WG16 (Wide area communications/protocols and interfaces, CALM), WG18 (Co-operative systems)
  • Co-editor of ISO 21214 "CALM IR".
  • Editor of ISO 21215 "CALM M5".
  • Co-editor of ISO 21217 "ITS architecture".
  • Editor of ISO 21218 "Medium access points".
  • Editor of ISO 24102 "ITS station management".
  • Editor of ISO 29281 "Non-IP networking".
• Full member of ETSI.
  • Active contribution to ETSI ERM, ETSI ERM TG29 and TG37.
  • Vice-chairman of ETSI ERM TG37.
  • Active contribution to ETSI ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) and its WGs.
  • Vice-chairman of WG2 (Architecture)
• Member of ETSI Specialist Task Forces
  • 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.
  • Active contributions to ISO TC204 (Intelligent Transport Systems), ISO TC204 WG15 (Dedicated short range communications for TICS applications) and WG16 (Wide area communications/protocols and interfaces).
• Consultation and Engineering for the EU project CVIS - validation of CALM.
• Work on selected issues of IEEE. 802.11 relevant for 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 and Numerical Simulations.
• 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

ESF GmbH is an independent consultancy and engineering service provider. The company is owned by Dr. Hans-Joachim Fischer.

Main activities are in the areas

• Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT)
  • Electronic Fee Collection (EFC) with DSRC and GNSS/CN according to EETS (European Electronic Toll Service)
  • Ad-hoc mobile communications (between vehicles, between roadsides, and between vehicles and roadsides)
  • Seamless Communications based on CALM / SCITS
  • Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems CVIS

with a temporary focus on

• Development of base standards, mainly at ISO TC204 WG 16 (CALM and Probe Data), ISO TC204 WG18 and CEN TC278 WG16 (Cooperative systems)
• Development of test standards with TTCN-2 and TTCN-3
• ITS system and test specifications
• Project consultancy

Further activities are e.g.

• Development of test suites based on Agilent VEE
• Customer specific HPIB interfaces
• Communications and radar system design
• Numerical simulation of communications and radar systems
• Design of dedicated software, e.g. Visual Basic, C/C++.

Ingenieur Elektronik Benad GmbH

IEB GmbH is an electronics company in Saxonia.

We combine experiences in the areas of:

• Traffic Telematics
• 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.

Ylum

Ylum Consulting is an independent consultancy company operating in:

1. ITS (Intelligent Transport System) norms and standards.
2. Renewable energies and energy usage optimisation.
3. Process optimisation, requirements collections and requirements management, analysis, technical specifications and project management
4. European and National financing in projects innovation.

FSCOM

Since 10 years, the company FSCOM developed a widely recognized know-how in the technical areas of protocol testing for terminal and network telecommunications equipment.

As active member of standardization bodies and public and private working groups, FSCOM contributes to research and development of pilot projects for the continuously evolving telecommunications market. This requires from FSCOM's team of engineers to obtain and maintain technical competences on technologies that are at the high-end of current and future market needs.

FSCOM's development and implementation work on existing protocols and protocols still under specification are based on standardized methodologies and specific formal languages.

Being an active player in the world of converging multi-media (IP) and next generation networks (NGN) allows FSCOM to offer network operators and equipment manufacturers the following services:

• Consulting on test strategies for conformance, functional, interoperability and performance testing
• Definition, implementation and execution of tests specific to your needs
• Trainings on protocols, on test methodologies and formal languages and on the use of complex test tools
• Marketing for tools and software dedicated to protocol testing; we add value to your investment by finding the test solutions that exactly fit your specific needs
• On-site test execution with detailed problem reporting
• Assistance in obtaining validation certificates for your equipment

Services

• Production and modification of test specifications in TTCN
• Implementation on test platforms and putting into operation of test campaigns
• Validation and certification
• Competence transfer

Consulting

• Definition of strategies and methodologies for testing and the choice of suitable test solutions

GRID

• Participation in standardization activities within the ETSI technical committee GRID
• Expert knowledge for test specification projects and interoperability (Plugtests ™)

Standardization activities

• Participation in ETSI project groups (STF: Specialist Task Forces) working on methodologies and test specifications for a wide range of protocols:
  • TDM, DECT, GSM, BRAN, OSP, H.323, SIP, IPv6, WiMAX
• Organisation of interoperability events at ETSI - Plugtests ™ - Specification of test procedures:
  • VoIP NGN, OSA/Parlay, MMS/SMS, Javacard & J2ME

Training

• Signalisation ISDN
• Signalisation CCS#7 - ISUP
• Signalisation GSM - Core Network
• Signalisation VoIP
• Notation ASN.1
• TTCN v2 and v3

Registered organisation n° 93 06 0344 106

Gallus Consultancy 

 

Gallus consultancy was foundet in 1993 by Marcus Gallus. It is offering

• project management
• hardware and software engineering.

Contact details are

Marcus Gallus
Berghüler Weg 13
D-89143 Blaubeuren
+49 7344 917 562
Gallus.Consultancy (at) fischer-tech.info

Reference projects are:

• Development, advertising and project management of a new printer draught with coordination with the business processes, 59% of saving.
• Advertising and project management of a new MPLS net, 34% of saving with concurrent performance improvement.
• Project management of a new inhouse network, successfully started running highly available inhouse network with VSS by concurrent reduction in costs of the hardware.
• Insurance: Project management and administration: Introduction of a DMZ and FireWall.
• Insurance: Project management, programming and administration of an e-mail and workflow system with Lotos Notes, migration of MS-Exchange to Lotos Notes, picture of commercial processes in Lotos Notes.
• Insurance: Project management and administration of an interactive interbranch (B2B and B2C) with automated Frontend-and Baking to processes.
• Insurance: Programming and introduction of the web site and the Intranet with Content management system with Lotos Notes.
• DaimlerChrysler/EvoBus GmbH: Business-Process-Consultant in DaimlerChrysler, EvoBus, in the development production and anus Sales.
• DaimlerChrysler/EvoBus GmbH: IT architecture for diagnosis software for DaimlerChrysler develops (up to the marketability for the workshops).
• Development DaimlerChrysler: Test process for diagnosis trees develop and move(transform).
• EvoBus GmbH: Project management and quality assurance of the production of coaches and passenger cars with the help of a test system of control units in the vehicle.
• EvoBus GmbH: After Sales process with solution for individually programmed coaches develops and moves.
• Fa IBM: Production of a Technologie-Benchmarks and an after Sale process about the backup of the quality of the diagnosis software in DaimlerChrysler up to the quality assurance by means of process restructuring and development of a test system of production processes.
• EADS: Transference, evaluation and representation of radar signals of HP VEE in Matlab and C ++/Pascal.
• EADS: Real time data processing with digital signal processors and representation of 3D radar pictures with Matlab.
• EADS: Hardware development and software development: Construction of developing surroundings of a Digitally Phased Array of radar.
• EADS: Software development: Software development for a tester in C, driver's programmes for coach systems VXI and measuring instruments in C.
• MTU Friedsrichshafen: Construction of bicycle omen.
• Programming of construction software for chimney stoves in C ++ and Pascal.

Special skills in IT, Automotives, Aviation and Public Insurances are

• Project management with projects > 3 million €.
• Hard and software engineering
• Coaching
• Business process management
• Budgetary planning
• Data Warehouse
• Commercial processes (analysis, modelling and control)
• Quality, risk and change management
• ITIL
• C, C +, C ++ HTML / DHTML XML, Pascal, J2EE, Java, JavaScript, Visual BASIC / VBA, HP VEE, Matlab
• CAN BUS, CAN-Analyser, D2000 (star Diagnose DAS/CSD/CAL/CAESAR/IME)
• Micron SQL, SQL/servers
• CAD/CAM
• Lotos Notes / Dominoe
• Linux
• Firewall checkpoint
• TCP/IP
• Network management