Software Development of OSEK/VDX Direct Network Management

Network management (NM) is essential to the safety and reliability of in-vehicle communication networks. This paper reports on a software development of OSEK/VDX direct NM specified in ISO 17356-5. The design flow, consisting of software implementation, manually functional verification and auto-testing, is elaborated step by step. Following this design flow, the NM software development is straightforward and efficient. The major contribution of the paper is to walk designers through the NM implementation, and then this methodology can be extended to various software developments on vehicular control units.