SODA: Service-Oriented Architecture for Runtime Adaptive Driver Assistance Systems

Unlike state-of-the-art Driver Assistance Systems(DAS) upcoming technologies may not base on a static software and system architecture. This is especially true for DAS for truck and trailer combinations were the components needed are distributed over both parts of the articulated vehicle. As a truck might be connected to different trailers changes are very common. In order to handle these changes at runtime the usage of Service oriented Architecture (SOA) is a promising approach. Using this principle the functionalities are encapsulated into Services which are Re-Orchestrated whenever the system architecture changes. Since the Services in such a system run on small embedded units and are connected through specialized network systems existing SOA frameworks cannot be used here. This paper introduces SODA, a tailored SOA middleware and development process to design runtime adaptive DAS for truck and trailer combinations using Services.