Oscar Console System from FIKO are based on server technologies that complies with adaptation to the European Commission ("EC") COM(2003) 488 and COM(2003) 123 proposing the use of GNSS positioning and GSM/GPRS wireless communication for all new toll-road systems from 2008 and onwards. These proposals are for all vehicle types, which is in fact a migration from microwave systems to GNSS-based tracking and should be completed by 2012.

FIKO are now one of the worlds pioneers in developing a civil signal authentication system by using combinations of GNSS location data and satellite modems to and between WAY ("Where Are You?") Location Authentication Servers ("WAYLAS").

OSCAR CONSOLE III with makeAVL Station

GNSS data are verified against its original time of transmission and GNSS time and returned to the AVL. If the verification passes the internal embedded algorithm, an authenticated and encrypted data will be sent to the WAYLAS that confirms the data authentication using public key stored in the AVL.

In the same time FIKO is developing a framework, standardisation methodology and standardisation of telemetic protocols that provides security and verify the integrity of tracking device as well to make sure that the data transmitted to the WAYLAS are secure to avoid unauthorised use of legitimate identification and authentication data (spoofing) in Vehicle tracking.

Beside developing necessarily infrastructure, protocols and system integration, FIKO see privacy as an important issue and therefore aim to use the WAYLAS as a buffer server between AVL users and AVL Data Receivers. By using WAYLAS as a Buffer Server, it will ensure that data transmitted to AVL Data Receivers such as i.e. insurance companies are kept at a minimum and it's also possible to degrade the accuracy of positioning data as for insurance companies it's not really critical to know the exact location unless there is an accident that needs to be recorded.

FIKO's iTX1200 is based on command sets and it is therefore possible to request i.e. exact location via commands that has to be acknowledged by the user before transmitted, however, the different GNSS data transmission modes in iTX1200 are depending on the user's functions and if this is for private or government issues like i.e. taxation for toll-roads or tracking of dangerous goods.