System, method, and apparatus to execute vehicle communications using a zonal architecture
An example method including interpreting a vehicle network performance description; determining a zonal architecture value in response to the vehicle network performance description and a vehicle performance network impact description; and integrating a multi-zone network on a vehicle in response to the zonal architecture value.
1. A method, comprising:
interpreting, via at least one processor, a vehicle network performance description that comprises a hardware redundancy description for a multi-zone network;
determining, via the at least one processor, a zonal architecture value in response to the vehicle network performance description and a vehicle performance network impact description that comprises a reliability description for the multi-zone network, wherein the zonal architecture value comprises a network type value for each zone of the multi-zone network; and
installing the multi-zone network on a vehicle in response to and configured in accordance with the zonal architecture value.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle network performance description comprises at least one of the following:
a latency value between at least two end points for the multi-zone network; or
a bandwidth value between at least two end points for the multi-zone network.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle performance network impact description comprises at least one of the following:
an installed hardware cost value for the multi-zone network; or
a mission capability description for the multi-zone network.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zonal architecture value comprises a network topology description.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the zonal architecture value further comprises a zone manager distribution description.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zonal architecture value further comprises a network protocol value for each zone of the multi-zone network.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zonal architecture value further comprises a specification value for at least one hardware component of the multi-zone network.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-zone network is configured in accordance with a network topology description of the zonal architecture value.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-zone network is configured in accordance with a zone manager distribution description of the zonal architecture value.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle network performance description comprises a control redundancy description for the multi-zone network.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle performance network impact description comprises a redundancy capability description for the multi-zone network.
12. A method, comprising:
interpreting, via at least one processor, a plurality of vehicle network performance descriptions, each of the vehicle network performance descriptions corresponding to one of a plurality of selected vehicle classes and comprising a hardware redundancy description for a multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes;
determining, via the at least one processor, a zonal architecture value in response to the plurality of vehicle network performance descriptions and a vehicle performance network impact description for each of the plurality of selected vehicle classes, wherein the vehicle performance network impact description comprises a reliability description for the multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes, and the zonal architecture value comprises a network type value for each zone of the multi-zone network; and
installing the multi-zone network on each of a first vehicle and a second vehicle in response to and configured in accordance with the zonal architecture value, wherein the first vehicle comprises a member of a first one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes, and wherein the second vehicle comprises a member of a second one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein each one of the plurality of vehicle network performance descriptions comprise at least one of the following:
a latency value between at least two end points for the multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes;
a bandwidth value between at least two end points for the multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes; or
a control redundancy description for the multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the vehicle performance network impact description corresponding to each one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes comprises at least one of the following:
an installed hardware cost value for the multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes;
a mission capability description for the multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes; or
a redundancy capability description for the multi-zone network corresponding to the one of the plurality of selected vehicle classes.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the zonal architecture value comprises a network topology description.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the zonal architecture value further comprises a zone manager distribution description.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the multi-zone network on each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle is configured in accordance with a network topology description of the zonal architecture value.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the multi-zone network on each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle is configured in accordance with a zone manager distribution description of the zonal architecture value.