Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes a communication network, a plurality of processing units-being connected via the communication network with each other for transmitting and receiving data between them, each of the processing units being either one of a first type processing unit implementing a data consuming application, a second type processing unit providing data to other of the processing units, or a third type processing unit implementing a data consuming application and providing data to other of the processing units. Furthermore, it includes a plurality of data providers, each of the data providers being connected to a respective second type processing unit or a respective third type processing unit and providing respective data values to the associated processing unit.