ABSTRACT
The introduction of electronic control units (ECUs) combined with embedded software in the automotive domain enables the implementation of complex functionalities like electronic motor management or electronic stability program, thus enhancing economics, security, and comfort of modern cars. To implement an advanced functionality like the stability program, it must interact with various other functionalities of the vehicle, like brake, engine, or gearbox control. Thus these functionalities require a suitable infrastructure for the distributed implementation of embedded control applications, using a network of communicating control units to exchange messages between them.
