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There are also efforts to make standards in different countries uniform. This is called harmonization. In Europe, several organizations attempt to harmonize standards, including the ISO. Other examples are the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the International Electrotechnical Commission (lEC), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 

ETS DE/TM-01015, Generic Functional Requirements for SDH Transmission Equipment, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). 

European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Environmental Conditions and Environmental Tests for Telecommunications Equipment Part I-Introduction and Terminology, Document prETS 300 019-2 Part II-Classification of Environmental Conditions, Document prETS 300 019-2 Part Ill-Specifications of Environmental Tests, Document prETS 300 019-3. ETSI Secretariat, Valbonne, France. 

As soon as European standards applicable to the LVD are published (the majority by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)) they may be used to demonstrate conformity with the LVD, the title is then published in the European Official Journal (OJ) for information. With all other NA directives, the application of a standard is dependant on its title firstly being published in the OJ. The European Commission has no effective control over the standards bodies. This raised concerns that if a standard was proved to be defective it would be difficult to block its use, certainly within a short time firame because of the difficulties in withdrawing standards. Aligning the LVD with the other NA directives would permit better control through the use of the OJ. The use of international standards (Article 6) and national standards (Article 7) has also come into question. In this... 

In Europe an ITS standardization initiative has already begun by European Telecommunications Standardizations Institute (ETSI), [3, 4, 5]. Furthermore, projects that focus on actually ensuring particular benefits of ITS, such as intersection safety [6] and certification of autonomous cars [7], has already been a reality for quite some time. 

Motivated by the importance of vehicular communications, in 1999, the United States Federal Communication Comission (FCC) has allocated 75 MHz radio spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band for dedicated short range communications (DSRC) to be exclusively used by V2V andV2R communications. Similarly, in 2008, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has allocated 30 MHz of spectrum (also in the 5.9 GHz band) for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications. As shown in Fig. 1.2, the DSRC spectrum is divided into seven 10 MHz channels six service channels for safety and non-safety related applications, and one control channel for transmission of control information and high priority safety messages. Such allocation of radio spectrum for vehicular communications has motivated the establishment of many national and international research projects, e.g., [8-17],... 

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