The 10^th conference of Requirements and Standards work group of SparkLink Alliance was held in the International Convention Center of ZPark on April 18, 2023, with more than 100 experts participated in-person and online.

The meeting was co-chaired by Dr. Ge Yuming, group leader and deputy Director of Vehicle Networking and Intelligent Transportation Institute, CAICT, and Mrs. Yang Hong (co-leader), Head of Network Technology Laboratory of Internet of Things (IoT) Center, CIETTS.

The meeting began with progress report by secretariat of the SparkLink Alliance. It was followed by a joint lecture given by Ren Feng, deputy secretary general, and Gao Linyi, a technical expert, who are from Intelligent Car Connectivity Industrial Ecosystem Alliance (ICCE). The invited lecture briefed the industrial ecological developments and technological innovations of ICCE. According to consensus between SparkLink Alliance and ICCE, both sides will carry out standard and industry cooperation in the integration of digital key and SparkLink technology.

In the meeting, delegates from CAICT, Beitong and Huawei presented two draft specifications, which are “SparkLink Wireless Communication System – Test Methods - Access Layer SparkLink Low Energy Device Requirements and Test Method” and “SparkLink Wireless Communication System – Basic Application Layer – Data Format for Information Exchange of Human Interface Devices and Applications”. The two drafts were approved for further review by all the Alliance members.

Altogether, eleven new project proposals were presented in the meeting, which were led by CAICT, IGRS, PATEO, Eagle Tech., Zhejiang ShengYan, Beitong, TCL and Tesearch Institute of Highway of Ministry of Transport. The meeting approved ten projects as bellow.