What is a Provider Service Identifier?
The Provider service Identifier (PSID) is a four-byte numeric string used by the IEEE 1609™ set of standards to identify a particular application service provider that announces that it is providing a service to potential users of an application or service. IEEE Std 1609.1™-2006, Trial-Use Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) — Resource Manager IEEE Std 1609.2™-2006, Trial-Use Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) — Security Services for Applications and Management Messages IEEE Std 1609.3™-2007, Trial-use Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) — Networking Services IEEE Std 1609.4™-2006, Trial-Use Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) — Multi-Channel Operation The IEEE 1609™ standards represent the upper layers of the ISO communications stack, with IEEE Std. 802.11-REVma (using the 802.11p amendment) as shown in the figure. Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) is a means of comm
