EP2438734A2 - Dispositif interface, unité de communication embarquée dans un véhicule et équipée d'un dispositif d'interface, et utilisation d'une unité de communication embarquée pour les communications véhicule-environnement - Google Patents

Dispositif interface, unité de communication embarquée dans un véhicule et équipée d'un dispositif d'interface, et utilisation d'une unité de communication embarquée pour les communications véhicule-environnement

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EP2438734A2
EP2438734A2 EP10722693A EP10722693A EP2438734A2 EP 2438734 A2 EP2438734 A2 EP 2438734A2 EP 10722693 A EP10722693 A EP 10722693A EP 10722693 A EP10722693 A EP 10722693A EP 2438734 A2 EP2438734 A2 EP 2438734A2
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interface device
connection
vehicle communication
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Ulrich STÄHLIN
Marc Menzel
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Continental Teves AG and Co OHG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/12—Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/08—Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S40/00—Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them
    • Y04S40/18—Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

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  • Interface device equipped with an interface device vehicle communication unit and use of a vehicle communication unit in the vehicle-to-environment communication
  • the invention relates to an interface device with a first connection to a vehicle communication unit, which is set up for carrying out vehicle-to-environment communication (C2X communication).
  • Vehicle-to-environment communication is understood to mean both vehicle-to-vehicle communication (C2C) and vehicle-to-vehicle infrastructure communication (C2I).
  • the invention relates to a vehicle communication unit equipped with this interface device and the use of a vehicle communication unit in the vehicle-to-environment communication.
  • Vehicle-to-environment communication typically involves vehicles (C2C) and infrastructure units (C2I).
  • vehicle communication units are used, which meet the typical automotive requirements, in particular cover large temperature ranges and have a high reliability and low power consumption.
  • This vehicle communication cation units are also referred to as vehicle routers in the context of vehicle-to-environment communication.
  • the infrastructure units which are also referred to as the Road Side Unit (RSU), in principle have similar requirements.
  • RSU Road Side Unit
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to standardize the communication units of the vehicles and the infrastructure facilities.
  • the interface device in addition to the first connection to a vehicle communication unit, a second connection to an infrastructure unit and a computing unit are provided, which is set up to convert the signals between the first and the second connection.
  • the vehicle communication unit according to the invention is thus also used in the infrastructure units.
  • the typical vehicle interfaces such as a CAN bus, Flexray, MOST or even Ethernet, are implemented on the typical interfaces of the infrastructure operators. This also simplifies interoperability between vehicle units and infrastructure units, since the technical handling of the communication is achieved by the same communication units.
  • the arithmetic unit can be set up to parameterize the first and / or the second connection and thus adapt it to the particular circumstances of the existing infrastructure units.
  • the interface landscape in the infrastructure units is very heterogeneous. For example, in Germany each state has other interfaces that need to be served. Due to the simple parameterizability of the interface device according to the invention, it is thus possible to carry out the required interface conversion and to carry out a unified communication despite the different interfaces to the infrastructure units.
  • the first connection can have connection means to a vehicle communication system, in particular a vehicle bus such as a CAN bus, Flexray, MOST or the like.
  • connection means for an IP-based network connection, in particular Ethernet, for a wireless connection, in particular WLAN or Bluetooth, and / or a wired connection, in particular USB, but also proprietary connections may be provided.
  • the first connection simultaneously has a plurality of different connection means, so that the interface device can be used universally.
  • an interface unit which has at least one connection with connection means to one or more different vehicle communication buses and an Ethernet connection.
  • the first connection may be set up to access the arithmetic unit of the interface device by means of an external arithmetic unit connected via the first connection and to carry out a programming and / or parameterization of the second connection.
  • the interface device can be set up such that in the arithmetic unit a firmware rewall function is implemented with.
  • the development cycles of the vehicle industry can be consulted with regard to the actual communication technology, since nothing has to change at the interface and only the vehicle router (vehicle communication unit) used in the vehicle-to-environment communication is exchanged got to.
  • the vehicle communication unit generally also has its own security concept, the provision of an interface device with an additional firewall further increases the overall security of the infrastructure unit. Especially with critical infrastructure units, such as traffic lights or the like, this is a great advantage.
  • the interface device according to the invention can be designed as a converter card, in particular for integration in a vehicle communication unit or in an infrastructure control unit.
  • a converter card is particularly space-saving and can be easily integrated into the existing communication units or control units of the infrastructure units, wherein the connection to the appropriate connections with a corresponding interface implementation are available.
  • the invention further relates to a vehicle communication unit with the features of claim 7.
  • This has a computing unit, which for implementing a vehicle-to-environment communication in particular according to the ITS G5 standard according to IEEE 802.11p set up is, as well as a connection for a vehicle communication system.
  • the vehicle communication unit is further integrated into the above-described interface device, which is connected with its first connection to the connection for the vehicle communication system of the vehicle communication unit.
  • a vehicle communication unit can be used directly as a communication unit for an infrastructure unit.
  • the communication units can be constructed identically and the communication protocol stack (stack) processed in the communication units remain to a large extent exactly the same, in particular with regard to the technical implementation of the communication. Only on the part of the application, there are differences. However, these are already partly realized in the vehicle by control units which are different from the vehicle communication unit.
  • the vehicle communication unit can also provide an antenna unit or a connection for an antenna unit, which is set up to transmit the data via the vehicle-to-environment communication, in particular according to the ITS-G5 standard according to IEEE802.11P.
  • a computing unit in the antenna unit and / or a computing unit of the vehicle communication unit can be set up for processing the corresponding communication protocol stack.
  • the processing can also be distributed to both arithmetic units, in which case the antenna unit processes the hardware-near layers of the protocol and the arithmetic unit of the vehicle communication unit processes the application-oriented layers of the protocol.
  • the antenna unit can also be set up to carry out a cellular communication and / or have additional communication devices.
  • the vehicle communication unit which is to be used in the infrastructure unit can have as energy supply a solar cell and / or a wind turbine or connections for connecting a solar cell and / or a wind turbine.
  • the vehicle communication unit can be used as a self-sufficient unit together with the infrastructure units.
  • a vehicle communication unit is also covered by a computing unit which is set up to carry out vehicle-to-environment communication, in particular according to the ITS G5 standard in accordance with IEEE 802.11p.
  • the vehicle communication unit is preferably also equipped with an antenna unit or a connection for an antenna unit which is used to transmit data via the vehicle-to-environment communication. is directed.
  • the vehicle communication unit is to be used in an infrastructure unit that participates in the vehicle-to-environment communication, wherein the arithmetic unit of the vehicle communication unit is configured to transmit the information typical for the infrastructure unit for transmission in the vehicle-to-vehicle communication system. To provide communication independently.
  • an interface to an infrastructure control unit can be dispensed with.
  • This may for example apply to traffic signs with speed limit, which only have to send out the value of the permitted speed.
  • a complex control is not necessary. The control can easily be taken over directly by the vehicle communication unit, which thus becomes an infrastructure unit.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows the structure of an interface device according to the invention integrated in a vehicle communication unit according to a first embodiment
  • Fig. 2 shows the application of a second embodiment according to the present invention
  • Fig. 3 shows the application of a third embodiment according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a vehicle communication unit 1 according to the invention, in which an interface device 2 according to the invention is integrated, as represented by the dashed connection between the vehicle communication system. cation unit 1 and the interface device 2 indicated.
  • the interface device 2 has a first connection 3 to the vehicle communication unit 1, which is set up to carry out a vehicle-to-environment communication. Furthermore, in the interface device 2, a second connection 4 is provided to an infrastructure unit, not shown here. In the interface device 2, the first connection 3 and the second connection 4 are connected to one another via a computer unit 5, which is set up to convert the signals between the first and the second connection 3, 4. Through this interface device, it is possible to use the vehicle communication unit 1 as a communication unit for an arbitrarily controlled infrastructure unit.
  • the vehicle communication unit 1 is of conventional design and has a connection 6 for a vehicle communication system, which is connected to the first connection 3 of the interface device 2. Via this connection for a vehicle communication system, data is usually output from the vehicle to the communication unit for transmission or data received from the communication unit is forwarded to vehicle units.
  • This connection 6 is connected to a computing unit 7 of the vehicle communication unit 1, which is equipped to carry out a vehicle-to-environment communication. tet and processing the appropriate communication protocol stack to perform the communication.
  • the arithmetic unit 7 is connected to an antenna unit 8 which is integrated in the vehicle communication unit 1 and which has an antenna and the driver elements required for transmission.
  • the vehicle communication unit may also have a connection for an external antenna unit.
  • the antenna unit 8 can also be set up to participate in cellular radio communication.
  • This integrated vehicle communication unit 1 with the interface device 2 can thus be used directly in infrastructure units.
  • FIG. 2 An application example for a slightly different embodiment of an interface device 2 according to the invention with corresponding vehicle communication units 1 is shown in FIG. 2.
  • a plurality of antenna units 8 must be installed in order to reliably supply all the streets with radio signals of the vehicle-to-environment communication.
  • the power supply and the data connection is in each case via a cable 9, which leads to a central point at the intersection, at which a central control unit 10 is, for example, in the form of a control box.
  • a central control unit 10 a plurality of vehicle communication units 1 designated as vehicle routers are provided, wherein in each case a vehicle communication unit 1 is assigned to an antenna unit 8 in order to perform a data preprocessing.
  • All vehicle communication units 1 are connected to a central interface device 2, which converts the data of all vehicle communication units 1 to the infrastructure interface of the second connection 4.
  • a central interface device 2 which converts the data of all vehicle communication units 1 to the infrastructure interface of the second connection 4.
  • vehicle communication units 1 can also be completely integrated in the respective antenna units 8, so that only the connection between the interface device 2 and the respective integrated antenna units 1, 8 has to be laid.
  • a gantry bridge 11 is intended to allow the possibility of vehicle-to-environment communication in the sense of an infrastructure. be extended. Since a single power supply is already available for the individual signs 12 of the gantries 11 at a location which is optimal for the antenna placement, simple vehicle communication units 1 without an integrated antenna can be used here and antennas 8 are mounted in the vicinity of the vehicle communication units 1 on the gantries 11 become.
  • the vehicle communication units 1 are connected via the usual connection 6 to a vehicle communication system by means of bus cables 13 at a central location, for example in a central control unit 10, with an interface device 2 via the first connection 3.
  • the interface device 2 has a second connection 4 to an infrastructure unit and converts the infrastructure interface to a normal vehicle communication interface. Again, the retrofitting of the gantry 11 with vehicle-to-environment communication without great technical effort is possible.
  • a conventional vehicle communication unit 1 can also be used without further adaptation and without interface device 2 as a communication unit for an infrastructure unit.
  • a communication unit for an infrastructure unit should be equipped with an infrastructure unit at a traffic jam vulnerable point of a highway, which is located in the hinterland and in which neither a power supply nor a data connection exists.
  • a vehicle communication unit 1 with an integrated antenna unit 8 which supports both C2X communication and cellular radio communication based on, for example, UMTS. Since this infrastructure unit is to be used primarily for data collection and to issue congestion warnings, no conversion to an interface of the infrastructure unit is necessary. Instead, the applications are executed directly on the computing unit 7 of the vehicle communication unit 1 due to their low computing and memory requirements, so that no additional electronics is necessary.
  • the arithmetic unit can also be integrated directly into the antenna unit, so that no further units are necessary except the integrated antenna unit.
  • the proposal according to the invention thus unifies the vehicle-to-environment communication from a technical point of view, since the same communication technology is used both for the vehicles and for the infrastructure units. Possibly. a conversion to infrastructure interfaces can be achieved by means of an interface device according to the invention.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif interface (2) comportant une première borne (3) connectée à une unité de communication (1) embarquée dans un véhicule et conçue pour établir une communication véhicule-environnement. Selon l'invention, le dispositif interface (2) comporte une seconde borne (4), connectée à une unité d'infrastructure, ainsi qu'une unité de calcul (5) conçue pour convertir les signaux entre les première et seconde bornes (3, 4). L'invention concerne également une unité de communication embarquée (1) équipée du dispositif interface (2) et une utilisation d'une unité de communication embarquée dans un véhicule.
EP10722693A 2009-06-04 2010-05-28 Dispositif interface, unité de communication embarquée dans un véhicule et équipée d'un dispositif d'interface, et utilisation d'une unité de communication embarquée pour les communications véhicule-environnement Withdrawn EP2438734A2 (fr)

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