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HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article

Front. Internet Things
Sec. IoT Communication and Networking Protocols
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/friot.2024.1433903

A Hybrid Framework for Latency Compensation in Remote Testing of Automotive Electronic Control Units

Provisionally accepted
Stefanos Tziampazis Stefanos Tziampazis 1*Pascal Hirmer Pascal Hirmer 2Michael Weyrich Michael Weyrich 1
  • 1 University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2 Mercedes-Benz (Germany), Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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    As the number of electronic control units (ECUs) in vehicles continues to grow, exchanging physical components between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and ECU suppliers presents logistical challenges, impeding the pace of development and leading to accumulation of costs. In this work, we introduce a conceptual framework that enables remote testing of geographically dispersed ECUs over the Internet. Pertinent to the Internet of Things (IoT) sphere, where interconnection of distributed components is hampered by the inherent challenges of latency, we propose a hybrid synchronous methodology that combines asynchronous test management with time synchronization mechanisms to mitigate the delay impact within the distributed environment. Additionally, we discuss challenges and prospects associated with this approach.

    Keywords: Electronic control unit, Automotive, distributed, testing, synchronization, Networking, latency

    Received: 16 May 2024; Accepted: 03 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tziampazis, Hirmer and Weyrich. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Stefanos Tziampazis, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

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