Towards a systematic test for embedded automotive communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-155

  Armengaud, Eric ^b   Steininger, Andreas ^a,b   Horauer, Martin ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES TECHNIKUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automotive electronics; Embedded systems; FlexRay; System test; Time triggered communication

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SOLUTIONS; TESTING;

AUTOMOTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS; AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER-CONTROLLED; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; FLEXRAY; INTERACTION OF COMPONENTS; NON-INTRUSIVE; ON-LINE TESTING; OPERATING CONDITIONS; REMOTE-ACCESS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SYSTEM TEST; SYSTEM-LEVEL TESTING; SYSTEMATIC TESTING; TIME-TRIGGERED COMMUNICATION; USE CASES;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 52249091756     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2008.2002704     Document Type: Article

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