Comprehensive Look into the Integration of Driver Assistance Systems into the Gross Network Vehicle

Driver assistance systems are about to conquer the market. The latest studies predict a growth from 9 to 62 million units per year throughout the years 2005 to 2012. Driver assistance systems are on their way to becoming an integral part of the vehicle – with interfaces to many different clusters of electric/electronic systems in the car. Comparable to the human body, numerous functions have to be implemented and networked: sensors – like for example radar, cameras or ultrasonic – processing units and actuators like steering, brakes, ESP and airbag. Taking into account the complexity of the use cases and the different vehicle areas that have to exchange information, it is obvious that an adequate network infrastructure is of essential importance for the efficiency of the system. From a functional point of view driver assist systems have started to enlarge the functional range of classical infotainment systems … read on in the electronic MOST Informative (Harald Schoepp, SMSC)