Unified Communication in Heterogeneous Automotive Control Systems

Current in-vehicle networks are featured by multiple different communication systems. The different automotive network technologies are highly optimized for their special purpose. Since their application domains have very differing requirements, communication across network boundaries is not straight forward and especially upgrading new functionality into already existing vehicle systems is very difficult. This paper presents the architecture and implementation of a communication system that enables the use of very different network technologies over a simple and common API. Furthermore, the implemented publish/subscribe middleware ensures loose component coupling and upgradeability of applications to future networking technologies.     «

Current in-vehicle networks are featured by multiple different communication systems. The different automotive network technologies are highly optimized for their special purpose. Since their application domains have very differing requirements, communication across network boundaries is not straight forward and especially upgrading new functionality into already existing vehicle systems is very difficult. This paper presents the architecture and implementation of a communication system that ena...     »