Connectivity: Internet in Automotive

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A connected vehicle has an embedded wireless communication system that enables data exchange. Functionalities such as Tire Pressure Monitoring, Key-Fob, multimedia, etc. are already implemented using specific wireless protocols. They are however limited to short-range distance.


Other longer distance communication protocol to promote vehicles to vehicles (V2V) or vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) are under development and do not necessarily require the usage of Internet.


However, with the rise of the 5G, the usage of existing mobile phone network to create a connection to Internet opens the door to connect the vehicle to servers everywhere around the world to bring new services, improved safety, autonomous vehicle, etc.


By 2030, nearly all vehicle will have a connection to the internet. It is even mandatory for homologation in a number of areas: For example, since 2018, all new type of cars and van in the EU shall be equipped with an eCall system to alert (automatically or by pressing a switch) emergency in case of accident. In China, since 2016 manufacturers must establish platforms and mechanisms – with the consent of users – to supervise the safety status of EVs.

Examples of Internet connection applications:


Improvement of algorithms and Software update: During each journey, a vehicle is facing many different situations and is gathering millions of data. Those data can be “transferred” for analysis and be used for improving the algorithms. All the vehicle can be afterwards upgraded Over the Air and use the improved models/algorithms.

Connected map: Vehicle surrounding is gaining high importance especially for Advanced Driving Assistance System and autonomous vehicles. An additional and continuously updated information layer alongside the usual onboard sensors is used for having a better picture of the vehicle surroundings.

Commercial services: Additional feature in the vehicle can be activated or deactivated against fees, Cloud services can be offered etc.

Connected vehicle leads to 3 major issues:


Cybersecurity: The vehicle has a permanent connection. Criminals may succeed to access the vehicle and disable safety critical functionalities such as steering, demand money to users or OEM, etc. Governments are taking this threat seriously and already adopted regulation to impose OEM the integration of Cybersecurity into all vehicle.

Data protection: Connectivity is announcing the rise of new businesses with private data commercial usage. Technically, OEM can keep data for their own usage or sell/transmit them to third-parties such as government, insurance or highway companies etc. In general, the usage of data for commercial purpose is regulated (for example in Europe with the regulation ECE R 2002/58). The provider shall in general inform the user about the data usage and have his consent.

Data processing: The classification and processing of billions of data requires more efficient and powerful computing techniques. Artificial Intelligence and Quantum computing are already considered to achieve this new challenge.

Conclusion:


Humans have to deal with an exponential raise of connected object, this is now the automotive turn to become an IoT (Internet of Object). Connectivity enables reals improvements in terms of performance and comfort. It is also necessary for autonomous vehicle. Vehicle development will however have to face several issues the increased amount of data to process, Cybersecurity and protect the user from an abusive usage of their private data.

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