Cooperative Awareness Message
An ETSI C-ITS message that shares an ITS station's position, movement, and basic status.
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The problem
Why CAM exists
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Operating model
How CAM works
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Cooperative Awareness Messages are periodic broadcasts used by European C-ITS stations to maintain awareness of nearby vehicles and other participants. Their generation rate responds to movement and communication conditions. CAM is an application-layer message used with ETSI transport, security, and access technologies; it is not synonymous with ITS-G5.
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Interoperability
Standards
ETSI EN 302 636-5-1
ETSI EN 302 636-5-1 defines lightweight transport and port multiplexing above GeoNetworking for facilities messages such as CAM and DENM. It matters to V2X because it gives independently developed systems a common technical contract.
ETSI EN 302 637-2
ETSI EN 302 637-2 defines generation, transmission, and processing of Cooperative Awareness Messages. It matters to V2X because it gives independently developed systems a common technical contract.
ITS-G5
European communications specifications for cooperative intelligent transport systems using short-range vehicle and roadside communications.
Institutions
Organizations
standards_development_organization
European standards organization producing telecommunications and cooperative ITS specifications.