Abstract: An example system including a vehicle multi-zone monitoring platform, including a network layout circuit structured to interpret a virtual network layout for a vehicle having a multi-zone network; a network characterization circuit structured to interpret network activity for the vehicle; and a network analysis circuit structured to determine a virtual network map in response to the virtual network layout and the network activity, and to provide the virtual network map to a user interface.

Abstract: An example system including a vehicle having a multi-zone network comprising a plurality of network zones, each one of the network zones comprising at least one zone manager; a network monitoring controller, including a network layout circuit structured to interpret a zoned architecture communication scheme and a network layout for the vehicle; a network characterization circuit structured to interpret network activity for the vehicle, and to determine a network performance event in response to the network activity; and a network reaction circuit structured to perform a network event action in response to the network performance event.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a vehicle with a network management controller. The vehicle having a multi-zone network including a plurality of network zones including a zone manager and arranged according to a network topology description. The network management controller includes a zone implementation circuit structured to interpret a zoned architecture communication scheme; a zone manager command circuit structured to interpret a zone manager command description for each of the at least one zone managers; and a zone execution circuit structured to provide the corresponding zone manager command description to each of the at least one zone managers; and where each of the at least one zone managers is responsive to the corresponding zone manager command description to control communications between end points of the corresponding network zone and end points of at least one other zone of the plurality of network zones.