This document:

—    describes and specifies globally unique addresses and identifiers (ITS-S object identifiers) that are both internal and external to ITS stations and are used for ITS station management;

—    describes how ITS-S object identifiers and related technical parameters are used for classification, registration and management of ITS applications and ITS application classes;

—    describes how ITS-S object identifiers are used in the ITS communication protocol stack;

—    introduces an organizational framework for registration and management of ITS-S objects;

—    defines and specifies management procedures at a high functional level;

—    specifies an ASN.1 module for the identifiers, addresses and registry records identified in this document; and

—    specifies an ASN.1 module for a C-ITS data dictionary containing ASN.1 type definitions of general interest.

This document is based on the architecture of an ITS station specified in ISO 21217 as a bounded secured managed domain (BSMD).