Communication system for suppressing a processing load of an ECU when dealing with fraudulent messages

1. A communication system comprising:

a first electronic control unit;

a second electronic control unit; and

a communication bus to which the first electronic control unit and the second electronic control unit are connected,

wherein the first electronic control unit is configured to

control transmission of a transmitting message to the communication bus via a control area network,

control reception of a reception message from the communication bus via the control area network,

determine whether or not the reception message received from the communication bus corresponds to a communication message which is predetermined to be transmitted to the communication bus, and

determine whether or not the communication message was transmitted to the communication bus by the first electronic control unit, and

the second electronic control unit is configured to

receive the communication message from the communication bus; and

store the communication message,

wherein the first electronic control unit is configured to

output a notification signal to the second electronic control unit for deleting the stored communication message when the first electronic control unit determines that the reception message corresponds to the communication message and determines that the communication message was not transmitted to the communication bus by the first electronic control unit; and

turn off a power supply of the second electronic control unit by outputting the notification signal, and

the second electronic control unit is configured to delete the stored communication message from the second electronic control unit; and

the second electronic control unit is further configured such that the communication message that the second electronic control unit acquires from the communication bus is deleted from the second electronic control unit by turning off the power supply.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the second electronic control unit is configured to

store the communication message acquired from the communication bus,

receive and process the stored communication message after a predetermined time has elapsed from acquisition of the communication message from the communication bus by the second electronic control unit, and

delete the stored communication message when there is reception or output of the notification signal.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 , further comprising a relay including a coil and a first switch, the first switch being connected between the second electronic control unit and a power supply of the second electronic control unit, and the coil being connected between a power supply of the first electronic control unit and a ground of the first electronic control unit, wherein:

the first electronic control unit includes a second switch that is provided between the ground of the first electronic control unit and the coil, and that is configured to be turned on or off by the notification signal; and

the power supply of the second electronic control unit is turned off by turning the second switch off by the notification signal.

4. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first electronic control unit is configured to store a transmission completion data indicating that the transmission of the communication message to the communication bus is completed.

5. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first electronic control unit is configured to determine whether the reception message corresponds to the communication message by matching the reception message with a communication message list.