What is Telematics?
The convergence of wireless communications,
location technology, and in-vehicle electronics which is being used to integrate the automobile into the information age
• Telecommunication + Information
• Provide information into the car by using telecommunication
• Key application of mobile computing

ARCHITECTURE
Architecture (sever side)
Architecture (client side)
Services
Security Service
• Emergency rescue with 911
• Car location tracing (thief-proof)

INFORMATION SERVICE
• Navigation assistant (real-time traffic information)
• Weather, stock information
• Entertainment and M-Commerce

CONTEXT-AWARE AND EVENT-BASE SERVICE
• Vehicle Diagnostic Service
• Car Insurance based on driving statistic

TECHNOLOGIES

WIRELESS NETWORK
• Wide Area Network (CDMA2000 1X EVDV, 3G): 100kbps
• DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communication)
• DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting)

TERMINAL
• Embedded Operating System

OSGI (STANDARD)
• LAN in the car for unit control Bluetooth™, MOST, 1394, CAN

AMI-C (Standard)
• HMI (Human Machine Interface) Speech Recognition, TTS
• GPS or sensor

Standards

Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi)
• Open specifications for the delivery of managed broadband services to networks in homes, cars and other environments.
• Architecture and specifications for core platform, vehicles, devices, remote management and security
• Release 3 due March 2003
• Reference: www.osgi.org

AUTOMOTIVE MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE COLLABORATION (AMI-C)
• Organization of motor vehicle manufactures created to facilitate the development and standardization of automotive multimedia interfaces to motor vehicle communication networks.
• Specifications for physical network interfaces, network protocols and Invehicle software interfaces (telematics and local)
• Release 2 specifications due Dec. 2002
• Reference: www.ami-c.org

JAVA COMMUNITY PROCESS (JCP)
• Embedded Java VM.s with bolt on components and APIs
• Reference: www.jcp.org

OSGI - OVERVIEW
Direction towards de-facto standard for 3rd generation platforms Operating system feature
• Standard abstraction from HW w/Auto centric APIs.
• Life cycle management for dynamic service deployment
• Multi-tasking/function
• Remote management
–Java component model, security
•Integrates with back-end infrastructure.
•Faster time-to-market
–Reduction in platform implementation and sustaining costs.

OSGi - Overview
AMI-C
Characteristic
• Vehicle control: Low-speed wired communication
• Information system: High-speed wired communication
• Current spec
• Low speed: IDB-CAN
• High speed: IDB-1394 vs. MOST
Research Issues
TSP Architecture
• Privacy Issue
• Context-Aware computing
• Streaming Processing Terminal
• Multiple device management

TRAITS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRONICS & TELEMATICS (ETM):
• Numeracy
• Computing skills and analyzing skills is a must
• A structured approach to problem-solving
• Ability to overcome setbacks
• Innovative design work
• Thinking creatively, pragmatically and logically
• Analysing and evaluating data including technical information
• Awareness of the need to investigate customer needs and consider aesthetics
• Decision making
• An interest in the practical steps necessary for a concept to become reality
• Attention to detail