System, method, and apparatus to extra vehicle communications control
An example system includes a mobile system having at least one network zone; a policy manager circuit structured to interpret a policy comprising an external data quantity description; a configuration circuit structured to configure a gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the external data quantity description; and the gatekeeper interface circuit interposed between the at least one network zone and a transceiver selectively couplable to an external device, and further structured regulate communications between end points of the at least one network zone and the transceiver.
1. A system, comprising:
a mobile system having at least one network zone;
a policy manager circuit structured to interpret a policy comprising an external data quantity description; and
a configuration circuit structured to configure a gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the external data quantity description;
wherein:
the gatekeeper interface circuit is interposed between the at least one network zone and a transceiver selectively couplable to an external device, and further structured to regulate communications between end points of the at least one network zone and the transceiver; and
the at least one network zone includes an associated plurality of end points, and wherein the external data quantity description comprises a data quantity limitation corresponding to the associated plurality of the end points.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one source address value.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one destination address value.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one source port value.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one destination port value.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one source application identifier.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one destination application identifier.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one source service group identifier.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to at least one destination service group identifier.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to a source flow of a regulated communication.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points each corresponding to a destination flow of a regulated communication.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external data quantity description comprises at least one data limit selected from the limits consisting of:
an amount of communicated data corresponding to a selected time period;
an amount of communicated data corresponding to a selected mobile system operating condition;
an amount of communicated data corresponding to a data provider associated with an application;
a bandwidth share of the transceiver;
a bandwidth volume of the transceiver;
a bandwidth share of a channel of the transceiver; or
a bandwidth volume of a channel of the transceiver.
13. A method comprising:
interpreting, via a policy manager circuit, a policy comprising an external data quantity description;
configuring, via a configuration circuit, a gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the external data quantity description;
selectively coupling a transceiver to an external device; and
regulating, via the gatekeeper interface circuit, communications between end points of at least one network zone of a vehicle and the transceiver;
wherein:
the gatekeeper interface circuit is interposed between the at least one network zone and the transceiver; and
the external data quantity description comprises a data quantity limitation corresponding to an associated plurality of the end points of the at least one network zone.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points associated with a corresponding at least one source address value.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points associated with a corresponding at least one destination address value.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points associated with a corresponding at least one source port value.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points associated with a corresponding at least one destination port value.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the associated plurality of the end points comprises a plurality of end points associated with a corresponding at least one source application identifier.