Abstract: A management device that includes a processor that is configured to: detect addition of a functional unit to a network including one or more in-vehicle functional units; acquire functional unit information of the one or more in-vehicle functional units, acquire target information which is functional unit information of a new functional unit which is the functional unit whose addition was detected, and, when the target information cannot be acquired from the new functional unit, transmit candidate information indicating a candidate for the target information and acquire the target information by receiving a selection result indicating a candidate indicated by the candidate information; and generate configuration information for a new network which is the network further including the new functional unit, based on the functional unit information acquired.

Abstract: When a new vehicle on-board device is connected to a vehicle on-board network, a SDN controller updates communication settings of each SDN switch based on configuration information acquired from the new vehicle on-board device.

Abstract: An SDN controller is installed in a vehicle on-board network to control communication settings of SDN switches that forward frames. The SDN controller includes a memory that stores multiple types of configuration information. The SDN controller is configured to execute a selecting process and an updating process when a vehicle on-board device that executes frame-based communication is connected to the vehicle on-board network. The selecting process is a process that selects one of the multiple types of information based on type information of a vehicle on-board device that has been newly connected. The updating process is a process that updates the communication settings of the SDN switch based on the configuration information selected in the selecting process.

Abstract: An in-vehicle relay device includes: a plurality of communication ports configured to be respectively connected to a plurality of in-vehicle functional units; a plurality of communication circuits provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of communication ports and configured to communicate with the in-vehicle functional units via the corresponding communication ports; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, functional unit information of a new functional unit, which is the in-vehicle functional unit whose addition is detected; and a sleep control unit configured to perform, selection processing for selecting, from among a plurality of types of sleep modes, a type of sleep mode to respectively apply to the communication circuit corresponding to the communication port to which the new functional unit is connected and to the communication circuit corresponding to the communication port to which the existing functional unit is connected.

Abstract: A device according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a management device for use in an in-vehicle network installed in a vehicle, the management device including: an importance level determination unit configured to determine an importance level of a frame to be relayed by a relay device that performs relay processing for relaying a frame transmitted and received between a plurality of functional units in the in-vehicle network and is a target of setting change; and an executability determination unit configured to determine whether or not to perform the setting change, based on a determination result of the importance level determination unit.

Abstract: Provided is a relay device mounted to a vehicle including a plurality of function units. The relay device includes: an authentication processing unit configured to acquire authentication information of a function unit from an external device outside the vehicle, and perform an authentication process regarding the function unit by using the acquired authentication information; and a relay processing unit configured to, on the basis of a result of the authentication process performed by the authentication processing unit, relay information between the function unit and another function unit. When a validity time limit of the authentication information has expired, the authentication processing unit acquires, from the external device, the authentication information that is new.

Abstract: A relay device that includes a processor that is configured to: monitor a state of the in-vehicle network; perform update processing of the correspondence information; switch between a stopped state in which the update processing is stopped and an execution state in which the update processing is executed, and to switch from the stopped state to the execution state when a change in the state of the in-vehicle network is detected; and save, in the memory, the correspondence information on which the update processing is performed in the execution state as the correspondence information to be used for the relay processing in the stopped state, when the processor switches from the execution state to the stopped state.

Abstract: An on-board control apparatus for use in an on-board network including a plurality of on-board apparatuses, the on-board control apparatus including: a detecting unit that detects a type of service to be executed in the on-board network; and a controlling unit that, in a state in which a plurality of service-associated apparatuses, which are predetermined ones of the on-board apparatuses that correspond to the type of service detected by the detecting unit, are in operation, selects a subset of the service-associated apparatuses and performs stop control for stopping the operation of the selected service-associated apparatuses.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted control device to be mounted in a vehicle, includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire calculation information to be used to calculate a setting change timing of a vehicle-mounted network from an electronic device in the vehicle-mounted network; a calculation unit configured to calculate the setting change timing based on the calculation information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit configured to perform processing for executing a setting change of the vehicle-mounted network at the setting change timing calculated by the calculation unit, wherein the calculation information includes at least one of a topology of the vehicle-mounted network, a service of a system to which the electronic device belongs, a travel state of the vehicle, and a power supply state of the vehicle.

Abstract: A central ECU serving as a communication control device includes a reception unit that receives a change notification related to a change in a communication setting of an in-vehicle network, a determination unit that determines whether or not an Ethernet switch connected to the communication control device is operable according to new settings information needed to accompany the change notification, and an inquiry unit that prompts a user to indicate whether or not to reflect the settings information in the Ethernet switch in cases in which the Ethernet switch has been determined to be operable according to the settings information.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication system includes: a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices; and a relay device, wherein a first vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle-mounted devices transmits a frame addressed to a second vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle-mounted devices to the relay device, the frame being a frame for transmission and reception of information between the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device, and the relay device determines whether or not relay of the frame to the second vehicle-mounted device is permissible based on a result of comparison between a required safety level and a system safety level, the required safety level being a level of safety required for communication between the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device, the system safety level being at least based on function safety levels of the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device regarding safety of a vehicle.

Abstract: An on-board relay apparatus includes: a relaying unit configured to relay information between a plurality of on-board apparatuses belonging to mutually different virtual local area networks (VLANs); a detecting unit configured to detect that the on-board apparatuses have transitioned to a sleep state; and a notifying unit configured to, if it is detected by the detecting unit that a first on-board apparatus among the plurality of on-board apparatuses has transitioned to the sleep state, provide a second on-board apparatus among the plurality of on-board apparatuses with a sleep notification indicating that the first on-board apparatus has transitioned to the sleep state.

Abstract: An SDN controller controls communication settings of SDN switches of a vehicle on-board network. The SDN controller includes a memory that stores multiple types of configuration information to which unique identifiers are respectively assigned. The SDN controller executes an acquisition process, a selecting process, and an updating process when a new vehicle on-board device is connected to the vehicle on-board network. The acquisition process is a process that acquires, from outside, an identifier corresponding to the vehicle on-board device to be newly connected. The selecting process is a process that selects the configuration information corresponding to the identifier acquired in the acquisition process from the multiple types of configuration information stored in the memory. The updating process is a process that updates the communication settings of the SDN switch based on the configuration information selected in the selecting process.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device includes a vehicle-mounted relay device that relays frames that are transmitted and received between vehicle-mounted functional units, wherein the vehicle-mounted relay device includes: a communication-port group that includes a plurality of communication ports and a communication-circuit group that includes a plurality of communication circuits that are respectively provided in correspondence with the plurality of communication ports, the communication-circuit group includes a plurality of target communication circuits in which types of sleep modes need to be unified, the communication-port group includes a plurality of target communication ports respectively corresponding to the plurality of target communication circuits, and the vehicle-mounted device comprises a notification unit configured to, provide a notification of a communication port that is to be a connection destination of the new functional unit based on a combination of types of sleep modes that are to be applied to the

Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a control unit performing processing relevant to network setting information used by a relay device, in which the control unit acquires relay-related information from the relay device, acquires vehicle state information, outputs the acquired relay-related information and vehicle state information to a vehicle exterior server provided outside the vehicle, in association with each other, acquires network setting information derived on the basis of the relay-related information and the vehicle state information from the vehicle exterior server, and outputs a network setting change instruction generated on the basis of the acquired network setting information to the relay device or an in-vehicle ECU, and the network setting information acquired from the vehicle exterior server includes information derived on the basis of relay-related information and vehicle state information output from a plurality of vehicles connected to the vehicle exterior server such that communication is avail

Abstract: A management device for use in a vehicle-mounted network that includes at least one vehicle-mounted function unit, the management device includes: a detection unit configured to detect addition of a function unit to the vehicle-mounted network; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the vehicle-mounted function unit satisfies a requirement for the vehicle-mounted function unit and a new function unit being the function unit whose addition has been detected by the detection unit to communicate, based on requirement information transmitted from the new function unit and indicating the requirement; and an update request unit configured to transmit update request information requesting updating of the vehicle-mounted function unit to an external device other than the vehicle-mounted function unit, if the determination unit determines that the vehicle-mounted function unit does not satisfy the requirement.

Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus according to the present disclosure is an in-vehicle apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle and connected to another in-vehicle apparatus to be capable of communicating with the other in-vehicle apparatus via an in-vehicle network, the in-vehicle apparatus including: a control unit that controls communication with the other in-vehicle apparatus. When the control unit causes the in-vehicle apparatus to transition from a normal state to a sleep state, the control unit generates a notification message that is defined by AUTOSAR by including, in the notification message, a deactivation flag for causing the other in-vehicle apparatus to deactivate disconnection detection, and outputs the generated notification message.

Abstract: A relay device to be used in an in-vehicle system that includes three or more in-vehicle devices, the relay device includes: a state transition unit configured to cause the relay device in a sleep state to transition to a wake-up state when receiving a first wake-up request from a first in-vehicle device of the three or more in-vehicle devices; and a sleep control unit configured to select a second in-vehicle device from among the in-vehicle devices other than the first in-vehicle device and transmit a second wake-up request to the second in-vehicle device to cause the second in-vehicle device to transition to the wake-up state.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device that is mounted on a vehicle and is connected to a relay device through an in-vehicle network such that communication is available, the device including a control unit performing processing relevant to network setting information used by the relay device, in which the control unit acquires user information relevant to a user of the vehicle, outputs the acquired user information to a vehicle exterior server provided outside the vehicle, acquires information of an available service that can be used by the user from the vehicle exterior server, and outputs a network setting change instruction generated on the basis of the acquired information of the available service to the relay device or an in-vehicle ECU.

Abstract: A management device that includes a processor that is configured to: detect addition of a functional unit to a network including one or more in-vehicle functional units; acquire functional unit information of the one or more in-vehicle functional units, acquire target information which is functional unit information of a new functional unit which is the functional unit whose addition was detected, and, when the target information cannot be acquired from the new functional unit, transmit candidate information indicating a candidate for the target information and acquire the target information by receiving a selection result indicating a candidate indicated by the candidate information; and generate configuration information for a new network which is the network further including the new functional unit, based on the functional unit information acquired.