A Service-Oriented Real-Time Communication Scheme for AUTOSAR Adaptive Using OPC UA and Time-Sensitive Networking

Area of Science:

• Automotive Engineering
• Computer Networking
• Software Architecture

Background:

• The transportation industry faces scalability and interoperability challenges due to autonomous driving trends.
• Increasing network participants, sensors, and data complexity necessitate efficient vehicle engineering solutions.
• AUTOSAR Adaptive platform offers service-oriented communication for standardized data exchange.

Purpose of the Study:

• To specify an integration approach for AUTOSAR Adaptive, OPC UA, and TSN.
• To combine the benefits of these technologies for deterministic, high-speed communication.
• To propose an architecture for binding the AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform with OPC UA.

Main Methods:

• Integration of AUTOSAR Adaptive software platform with OPC UA communication standard.
• Leveraging OPC UA's Client-Server and Publish-Subscribe (PubSub) architectures.
• Utilizing Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) for real-time Ethernet communication.

Main Results:

• A novel architecture for integrating AUTOSAR Adaptive and OPC UA is specified.
• Prototypical implementation demonstrates the viability of the integration.
• The combined OPC UA Client-Server and PubSub approach proves effective for service-oriented communication.

Conclusions:

• The integration of AUTOSAR Adaptive, OPC UA, and TSN provides a robust middleware solution.
• This approach addresses the need for scalable and interoperable communication in autonomous systems.
• The proposed architecture facilitates deterministic, high-speed data exchange essential for future vehicle engineering.