MOST-Forum 2010
MOST150 – Development and Production Launch from an OEM's Perspective
Stephan Esch, Frankfurt, 23.03.2010
AGENDA
History of MOST Cooperation
MOST at Audi
Production Launch of MOST150
Future Prospects
Summary
2 J. Kötz, S. Esch, A. Schneidenbach, AUDI AG, MOST-Forum 23. März 2010
AGENDA
History of MOST Cooperation
MOST at Audi
Production Launch of MOST150
Future Prospects
Summary
3 J. Kötz, S. Esch, A. Schneidenbach, AUDI AG, MOST-Forum 23. März 2010
MOST Cooperation – the story of success
2010:
77 members and over 90 cars
with MOST in the field
77
Goal:
Development of a
global standard for
multimedia networking
Oct. 1998:
Audi joins MOST Co.
foundation grows to 12 Members
1998:
foundation of MOST Co. 12
(BMW, Daimler,
HARMAN/BECKER, SMSC)
4
1998 2010
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MOST Cooperation – the story of success
Success factors:
Active participation of developers for 12 years
Combination of Networking- and Infotainment-know-how
Changing technical leadership accepted (depending on series-projects)
1. 2. 3.
oPhy ePhy oPhy
50
2001 2007 2012 Year
12 years of active participation
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Successes of work in consortium
Result
Physical Layer Whole transmission chain specified by
MOST150 MOSTCO fair division of link budget
MOSTCO-Editor Standardized development of tools
& Tooling is part of consortium
POF transmission
POF as media for MOST150 verified
function
Standardized ECL-
Improvement of quality
communication (RBD)
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AGENDA
History of MOST Cooperation
MOST at Audi
Production Launch of MOST150
Future Prospects
Summary
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MOST at Audi and VW
MOST in the field since 2002 in MLB (starting with A8)
Rollout of technology over all production series
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Rollout of MOST technology into volume segment
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Infotainment
Challenges and solutions
Modularer Infotainment Baukasten MIB (Volkswagen Group)
Responsible for
development
MOSTMMI3G
MOST MIB Premium
MMI2G
Brand-specific
UHV display
... High
Zentralrechner
RNS Infotainment Standard
CAN
CAN Radio
UHV
MDI Brand-specific
Entry
Kombi HMI
...
2007 201x
MIB One Infotainment Construction Kit for whole Volkswagen Group
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Agenda
History of MOST Cooperation
MOST at Audi
Production Launch of MOST150
Future Prospects
Summary
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Infotainment
Requirements for Multi-Media-Networking
under strong influence by consumer electronics
Decreasing prices MOST150: Premium-Sound-Experience MOST:
comparable Digital End-to-End
costs per without
node like compression
MOST25 (Audio)
Connectivity and
MOST150: Navigation MOST:
Online-Services
Ethernet- NAV-Map-Data
channel+ transmission
Isochrous to cluster
Streaming instrument
High performance and Link of Infotainment
MOST150: MOST:
large scale integration und Driver assistance
Video-
future-proof
transmission,
High- and flexible
Bandwidth architecture
MOST150 – ALL OVER ONE WIRE More Bandwith demand
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Services required in infotainment systems
MOST150 All needed communication channels in one network
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Migration –
Hardware & Software changes MOST25 vs. MOST150
Applications/ Applications/
FBlocks FBlocks
New MOSTCO
RBD
Standard
Middleware Software
Netservices V3.x
INIC-Firmware
Phy. Layer Spec
INIC-OS81110
New
FOT Hardware
change
Connector
identical
Optical fiber
Only change of network related infrastructure necessary
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MOST150
Growing demand for bandwidth
Busload
100%
95%
50%
14%
0%
Baureihe 1 Baureihe 2 Baureihe 2
2008 2010 201x
Bandwidth of MOST25 not sufficient in future
MOST150 offer reserves for future use cases
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MOST150 – The Solution
All infotainment use cases
MOST150 High Flexibility
over one wire / one interface
Consistent further development
MOST150 High Reuse & Less Invest
of existing MOST25 technology
6 times Increase of bandwidth
MOST150 Sufficient Bandwith
compared to MOST25
MIB with MOST150 covers
MOST150 Comprehensive Approach
all car platforms of VW Group
MOST150 is technical and economical the best choice
for a future-proof infotainment network
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Evaluation of MOST150 technology
Technical changes Issues of evaluation
Applications/ Applications/
Use Cases: Communication Setup
FBlocks FBlocks
Tools: Datalogger, Optolyzer
RBD MOST Diagnosis (RBD, ECL, SSO/CU)
Middleware Networkmanagement, WakeUpSleep
Netservices V3.x
NS-Functions, Performance, Stability
INIC-Firmware
Phy. Layer Spec
INIC-OS81110 Physical Layer (Jitter, Sensitivty,Stress,..)
FOT
Connector
New
change
Optical fiber
identical
All use cases and network layer covered by evaluation
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Evaluation of MOST150 technology – Test Systems
MOST150 Reference platform MOST150 InCar
Evaluation-boards 5 MOST150-ECUs
Focus: Focus:
Prototyping of all relevant Usecases Influences of car-environment
Before starting serial projects at Audi
MOST150 technology has been evaluated !
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Agenda
History of MOST Cooperation
MOST at Audi
Production Launch of MOST150
Future Prospects
Summary
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Future Prospects - Driver assistance
Complexity of Image Processing Systems comparable to complex
development of Infotainment Systems
Specification and SystemArchitecture
Implementation and System Test
Enhanced functionalities and cost down due to sensor transmission
Infrastructure sensor networking Task of Networking Department
MOST150 – possibility for image and sensordata transmission?
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Agenda
History of MOST Cooperation
MOST at Audi
Production Launch of MOST150
Future Prospects
Summary
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Summary
Standardization MOST150 successful finalized in MOSTCO
MOST150 is the best backbone for Infotainment solutions
High flexibility to cover automotive requirements
High Reuse of existing MOST25 technology to minimize invest
High quality of MOST technology
Comprehensive Approach for a future-proof network technology
MOST150 already evaluated to start serial projects
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