Abstract:The FlexRay bus system is the new de-facto standard for connecting electronic control units (ECUs) in cars. Because of its time-triggered message scheduling, it is regarded as the basis for applications like drive-by-wire. In order to fulfill the associated safety requirements, a reliable membership service is mandatory for providing consensus on all fault-free nodes. However, the FlexRay specification misses to define such a service. Consequently, it is not a part of the communication controllers but has to b… Show more
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