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.

Abstract: A vehicle communication management device includes (i) a detection circuitry configured to detect addition of a function circuitry to a network including one or a plurality of in-vehicle function circuitries, (ii) an acquisition circuitry, and (iii) a generation circuitry. The acquisition circuitry is configured to acquire function circuitry information of each in-vehicle function circuitry, and if target information, which is function circuitry information of a new function circuitry that is the function circuitry the addition of which has been detected by the detection circuitry, cannot be acquired from the new function circuitry, acquire the target information by transmitting a lacking information notification for requesting a user to provide the target information.

Abstract: A relay device for use in an in-vehicle network that includes a plurality of functional units, wherein the in vehicle network including a first network and a second network, the relay device includes: a relay unit configured to performs relay processing to relay frames transmitted and received between the functional units in the first network and the functional units in the second network, and frames transmitted and received between a plurality of the functional units in the second network; and a proxy processing unit configured to act as a proxy for the plurality of functional units in the second network by operating as a communication partner of the functional units in the first network in communicating information regarding setting processing for performing communication in the in-vehicle network.

Abstract: An in-vehicle relay device to be connected to a plurality of in-vehicle devices mounted on a vehicle and an authentication device performing authentication of the in-vehicle device, to relay communication between the plurality of in-vehicle devices, the device including a control unit controlling the relay of the communication, in which the control unit relays authentication communication data for the authentication between the in-vehicle device and the authentication device before the authentication of the in-vehicle device connected to the in-vehicle relay device is completed, transmits and receives setting data for setting an in-vehicle network with the authentication device and the in-vehicle device, in parallel with the relay of the authentication communication data, acquires setting information of the in-vehicle network according to the transmitted setting data, from the authentication device, and starts relay based on the acquired setting information after the authentication is completed.

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: A relay device for use in an in-vehicle network that includes a plurality of functional units, the relay device includes: a relay unit configured to perform relay processing for relaying frames transmitted and received between the functional units; a detection unit configured to detect addition of a functional unit to the in-vehicle network; and a control unit configured to restrict the relay processing of frames transmitted from a new functional unit, which is the functional unit detected by the detection unit, except for a frame used for setting processing for enabling communication in a new network, which is the in-vehicle network further including the new functional unit, and to relax the restriction on the relay processing when the setting processing is completed.

Abstract: The vehicle-mounted relay device in a vehicle-mounted communication system provided with a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices, the vehicle-mounted relay device includes: a relay unit configured to relay communication data between the plurality of vehicle-mounted devices; and a processing unit configured to, before communication is started between the vehicle-mounted devices, notify the vehicle-mounted devices of a common protocol that is a common communication protocol to be used.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted relay device for relaying Ethernet frames includes a plurality of PHY units corresponding to a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices, a switch unit to which the plurality of PHY units are connected, and a control unit configured to monitor operating states of the plurality of PHY units. The plurality of PHY units include a predetermined PHY unit whose operating state switches between a sleep state and an active state in response to reception of a predetermined control signal that differs from the Ethernet frames. When an Ethernet frame to be transmitted from the predetermined PHY unit has been detected during a period where the predetermined PHY unit is in the sleep state, the control unit executes switching control to switch the predetermined PHY unit to the active state.

Abstract: A management device includes: a specification information acquisition unit configured to acquire specification information indicating a specification of a configuration of an in-vehicle network; a state information acquisition unit configured to acquire state information indicating an assembly state, in the in-vehicle network, of a plurality of in-vehicle devices forming the in-vehicle network; and a comparison unit configured to compare the specification indicated by the specification information acquired by the specification information acquisition unit with the assembly state indicated by the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit.

Abstract: A relay control device includes a control unit for switching a plurality of relay circuits connected to a plurality of ECUs, between a relay-on state and a relay-off state, the plurality of ECUs include a first ECU having a transition function of causing its own operating state to transition between at least two of a normal state, a sleep state, and a power-off state in accordance with a power supply state of the vehicle, and a second ECU not having the transition function, and the control unit executes switching control of switching a second relay circuit connected to the second ECU to the relay-off state while maintaining a first relay circuit connected to the first ECU in the relay-on state, when switching the second ECU from the relay-on state to the relay-off state due to a change in the power supply state.