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Evaluation of the Applicability of the OSGi Service Platform to Future In-Vehicle Embedded Systems

Authors:
Irina Astrova
Ahto Kalja
Arne Koschel
Roman Roelofsen

Keywords: OSGi Service Platform, OSGi Framework, in-vehicle embedded systems, Web services, car tracking service, advertising service

Abstract:
One promising market for embedded systems is the automotive industry. For example, engines, dashboards, wipers, lights, doors, windows, seats, mirrors, radios, CDs, DVDs, and hand-free phones are being controlled by in-vehicle embedded systems. This paper evaluates the applicability of the OSGi Service Platform to future in-vehicle embedded systems. One specific application area, which can greatly benefit from this evaluation, is Web services, where a number of future scenarios have not been supported by the OSGi Service Platform yet. This is exemplified by two example scenarios, viz., a car tracking service and an advertising service. Based on these example scenarios, a number of requirements that should be met by the OSGi Service Platform are identified, viz., dynamic availability, versioning, persistence, composition, remote management, platform independence, security, and distribution. In addition to the identification of the requirements, another contribution of this paper is the evaluation of the OSGi Service Platform against these requirements. This evaluation will help to extend the OSGi Service Platform to be applicable to future in-vehicle embedded systems.

Pages: 202 to 207

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2010

Publication date: November 21, 2010

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3549

ISBN: 978-1-61208-105-2

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 21, 2010 to November 26, 2010