AUTOSAR for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform

New applications like highly automated driving, Car-2-X, software updates over the air, or vehicles as part of the internet of things raise completely new requirements to a software platform for the next generation of ECUs. AUTOSAR as the worldwide leading standardization organization for in-vehicle software bears this challenge and paves the way making vehicles intelligent and adaptive. Based on a set of selected use-cases, identified by the AUTOSAR partners, the challenges and the approach to master requirements for next generation cars are described. The new platform aims to support dynamic deployment of customer appli-cations, to provide an environment for applications that require high-end computing power and to connect deeply embedded and non-AUTOSAR systems in a smooth way while preserving typical features originated in deeply embedded systems like safety, determinism and real-time capabilities. Built around existing standards such as POSIX, the AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform will complement automotive specific functionalities enabling the platform to run in an automotive network.