Mobile Middleware for Automotive Applications
Francesco Lilli · Auerbach Publications eBooks · 2016
Automotive telematics will be a challenge over the next 10 years. In the 1980s, automobile manufacturers and system suppliers initiated research activities aimed at introducing information and communications systems within vehicles. They began with autonomous systems such as car radios and navigation systems. The continuous growth and availability of innovative technologies such as communication with short and long coverage capabilities, localization systems, and human-machine interface devices allowed improvement of the telematic platform. The integration of ICT required a revision of the in-vehicle architecture to consolidate the technologies in a single open platform. The various systems must communicate and exchange data with each other, and this is possible thanks to common hardware and software platforms. The development of an in-vehicle platform for components belonging to the car as well as for those installed on the external infrastructure represents the killer topic that will propel the penetration of telematics into the automotive market. This chapter is focused on the contribution of mobile middleware to this goal.