Abstract: A transportation vehicle including a high-resolution clock, an electronic network including two or more tasks, including first and second tasks, and a memory including instructions causing a processor to classify faults in the electronic network using the clock. The steps include receiving a first fault code generated at the first task, receiving a second fault trouble code generated at the second task of the electronic system in response to a second fault, and identifying an execution cycle offset associated with the first and second tasks using an execution schedule, and considering whether the first cycle is separated from the second cycle by the execution cycle offset identified by the schedule. The instructions also cause the processor to identify causal relationships for a plurality of faults via a pair-wise repetition of the above-described analysis for at least one combination of tasks other than the first and second tasks.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reconfiguring ECU tasks for ensuring that a vehicle is operational upon failure of a task or an ECU. A first on-board reconfiguration strategy is generated and executed by an on-board unit of the vehicle to bring the vehicle to a safe state and a second off-line reconfiguration strategy is generated by a remote center unit and then executed by the on-board unit.

Abstract: A transportation vehicle including a high-resolution clock, an electronic network including two or more tasks, including first and second tasks, and a memory including instructions causing a processor to classify faults in the electronic network using the clock. The steps include receiving a first fault code generated at the first task, receiving a second fault trouble code generated at the second task of the electronic system in response to a second fault, and identifying an execution cycle offset associated with the first and second tasks using an execution schedule, and considering whether the first cycle is separated from the second cycle by the execution cycle offset identified by the schedule. The instructions also cause the processor to identify causal relationships for a plurality of faults via a pair-wise repetition of the above-described analysis for at least one combination of tasks other than the first and second tasks.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for analyzing fault tolerance of a system, and performing “what if?” analysis for various fault-tolerant system design options. The fault tolerance analysis approach handles logical failures and quality faults emanating from loss of precision in signal values. The method can detect quality faults, which can allow systems to be built which are resilient to precision losses. Two analysis steps are provided, one static and another simulation-based, which are used in tandem to check the fault tolerance of an automotive or other system. While a simulation-based method checks fault-resilience under specific test cases and fault-scenarios, the static analysis method quickly checks all test cases and fault-scenarios. The static analysis method makes approximations while performing the analysis, and any fault detected is reproduced using the simulation-based method.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for analyzing fault tolerance of a system, and performing “what if?” analysis for various fault-tolerant system design options. The fault tolerance analysis approach handles logical failures and quality faults emanating from loss of precision in signal values. The method can detect quality faults, which can allow systems to be built which are resilient to precision losses. Two analysis steps are provided, one static and another simulation-based, which are used in tandem to check the fault tolerance of an automotive or other system. While a simulation-based method checks fault-resilience under specific test cases and fault-scenarios, the static analysis method quickly checks all test cases and fault-scenarios. The static analysis method makes approximations while performing the analysis, and any fault detected is reproduced using the simulation-based method.