A complete introduction tocar-to-X communications networking

Automotive Inter-networking will introduce a range of new
network and system technologies for vehicle safety, entertainment
and comfort systems currently being researched and developed. C2X
networking is not only a matter of technology, but is also very
closely related to policy-making about deployment. This book will
provide the background on technical developments but will also
discuss the potential benefits, costs and risks. Also discussed
will be concepts related to application of vehicle-to-vehicle and
vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technologies for various
purposes such as automobile safety enhancement, vehicle user
applications for comfort and convenience and efficiency along with
other potential commercial applications.

Application domains will build the starting point for an
analysis of the requirements on suitable mobile network technology
and the book will look at how well existing and new systems match
these requirements. New automotive-specific technologies are
presented in detail, explaining millimeter wave short range systems
and special automotive network protocols. Specially designed system
services and security mechanisms are introduced and system
architecture, radio spectrum use, medium access control, network
protocols and security concepts and considered. Finally, the
book will present the current world-wide standardization
activities, deployment strategies and an outlook about the
evolvement of inter-vehicle communications in the next decades.

* Presents a comprehensive top-down approach to the newly
evolving car-to-X communications networking

* Provides a broad overview of all relevant C2X communication
topics

* Written by well known experts in the field

* Predicts the outlook of the evolvement of inter-vehicle
communications in the next decades

* Includes illustrations and high-level technical sketches of
application domains and photographs, 3D renderings and professional
graphical sketches of current prototypes

Dr Timo Kosch, Team Manager, BMW Group Research and Technology, Germany Timo Kosch works as a team manager for BMW Group Research and Technology where he is responsible for projects on distributed systems, including such topics as cooperative systems for active safety and automotive IT security. He has been active in a number of national and international research programs and serves as coordinator for the European project COMeSafety, co-financed by the European Commission. He's also heading the system development for the German national Car2X field test. For more than 3 years, until recently, he had chaired the working group Architecture and was a member of the Technical Committee of the Car-to-Car Communication Consortium. He regularly presents at conferences and has written papers and journal articles and is currently the editor of IEEE Communications Magazine: Automotive Networking Series.

Markus Strassberger, BMW Group Research and Technology, Munich, Germany

Christoph Schroth, St. Gallen University / SAP Research, Switzerland PhD student at the University of St. Gallen and Research Associate at the SAP Research CEC St. Gallen, Sitzerland. He has presented a number of papers at conferences and co-authored numerous journal articles.

This book introduces a range of new network and system technologies for vehicle safety, entertainment and comfort systems currently being researched and developed. In addition, the authors provide an insight into the background of technical developments, discussing the potential benefits, costs and risks. Furthermore, the book discusses the concepts related to the application of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, offering in-depth explanations of the new applications, network and system technologies, which are valuable for the engineer developing such systems and the research expert alike.

The book covers all aspects from distributed information handling, situation assessment, security, privacy, system management up to algorithms for driver assistance and vehicle control systems. Beyond technology, the book also addresses economic, organisational and political challenges. Often overlooked, their influence on the success of automotive internetworking is just as important.

Key Features:

• Presents a comprehensive top-down approach to the newly evolving car-to-X communications networking
• Provides a broad overview of all relevant C2X communication topics
• Written by well known experts in the field
• Predicts the outlook of the evolvement of inter-vehicle communications in the next decades
• Includes illustrations and high-level technical sketches of application domains and photographs, 3D renderings and professional graphical sketches of current prototypes

Automotive Inter-networking will introduce a range of new network and system technologies for vehicle safety, entertainment and comfort systems currently being researched and developed. C2X networking is not only a matter of technology, but is also very closely related to policy-making about deployment. This book will provide the background on technical developments but will also discuss the potential benefits, costs and risks. Also discussed will be concepts related to application of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technologies for various purposes such as automobile safety enhancement, vehicle user applications for comfort and convenience and efficiency along with other potential commercial applications.

Application domains will build the starting point for an analysis of the requirements on suitable mobile network technology and the book will look at how well existing and new systems match these requirements. New automotive-specific technologies are presented in detail, explaining millimeter wave short range systems and special automotive network protocols. Specially designed system services and security mechanisms are introduced and system architecture, radio spectrum use, medium access control, network protocols and security concepts and considered. Finally, the book will present the current world-wide standardization activities, deployment strategies and an outlook about the evolvement of inter-vehicle communications in the next decades.

• Presents a comprehensive top-down approach to the newly evolving car-to-X communications networking
• Provides a broad overview of all relevant C2X communication topics
• Written by well known experts in the field
• Predicts the outlook of the evolvement of inter-vehicle communications in the next decades
• Includes illustrations and high-level technical sketches of application domains and photographs, 3D renderings and professional graphical sketches of current prototypes

Preface xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

1 Automotive Internetworking: The Evolution Towards Connected and Cooperative Vehicles 1

1.1 Evolution of In-Vehicle Electronics 1

1.2 Motivation for Connected Vehicles 4

1.3 Terminology 7

1.4 Stakeholders 10

1.5 Outline of this Book 10

References 12

2 Application Classifications and Requirements 13

2.1 Classification of Applications and their Implications 14

2.1.1 Driving-Related Applications 15

2.1.2 Vehicle-Related Applications 19

2.1.3 Passenger-Related Applications 22