In December 2017, OPEN Alliance SIG released new Specs about System Implementation Specification and Transceiver EMC Test Specification. Also, the 100BASE-T1_Interoperability_Test_Suite has been updated.
You find an overview of the Specifications on the OPEN SIG website, see: http://www.opensig.org/about/specifications/
The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net) Special Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit industry alliance established to drive wide scale adoption of Ethernet-based automotive connectivity, today announced that membership has grown to more than 400 partnering companies, including the world’s leading automotive manufacturers, semiconductor companies and tier one suppliers, but also companies from other sectors, like testing and advanced application/technological services. The OPEN Alliance has become a networking organization where all expertise in the field of Automotive Ethernet comes together.
Ethernet has been adapted to meet the rigorous requirements of the automotive industry and has become a major enabler for backbone, automated driving applications and connectivity to backend servers. In-vehicle Software and electronics are getting more complex in the need to evolve faster:
Traditionally adding a new feature in a car means adding a new Electronic Control Unit (ECU). Current E/E (electrical/electronic) vehicle architectures have an average of 50 ECUs with some having more than 200, thus there is no more physical space to add new ECUs.
To answer those challenges, EE Architectures are on the edge of evolving from Domain Architectures to Zonal Service Oriented Architectures. Adding a new feature will mean adding new services into a high-performance ECU, connected with an Ethernet backbone to Zonal ECUs managing local I/Os. In this paradigm shift from signal to service, Automotive Ethernet is one of the major technological enablers, as the basis of high bandwidth and service/ IP communication.
Ethernet is the technology that permits this flexibility in the conception of architectures, it is scalable (from 10Mbps to 10Gbits), it can be used to build as it is a standard, and it is the natural support for IP.
The OPEN Alliance has 15 Technical Committees (TC) focused on driving standards for automotive Ethernet. Their goal is to create and publish specifications on various aspects in the Ethernet domain, like for example:
As of today, more than 20 specifications have been publicly released by OPEN Alliance technical committees, contributing to create a robust Automotive Ethernet ecosystem, filling the gaps not covered by other standardization bodies. The first planned specifications for 2020 will cover 1000BASE-T1 Physical Interface device Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and PHY compliance to IEEE 1000BASE-T1 and IEEE 10BASE-T1s specifications.
To learn more visit: www.opensig.org/tech-committees/.
“The automotive industry is experiencing one of its most transformative periods in history: the arrival of high-resolution sensors for Advance Driving, the needs of High speed communication with the off-board (4G/5G) and the need of accelerating feature introduction, is bringing a disruption in the way of information is exchanged between Electronic Control Units in the vehicle. The quantity of information that need to be shared is exploding from hundreds of kilobytes to tens of gigabytes.
OPEN Alliance brings together the world’s leading automotive manufacturers, semiconductor companies, tier one suppliers, conformance labs, as well as tool providers to standardize In-vehicle Ethernet communications from 10Mbps up to 10Gbps, to increase the robustness, as-well as to reduce cost thanks to these new innovative standards (IEEE 10BASE-T1S, 100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1, 1000BASE-RH, 2.5GBASE-T1, 5GBASE-T1 & 10GBASE-T1 Ethernet). Moreover, OPEN Alliance also focus in the validation of the integration of Ethernet Technologies (PHY & Switches) with Software layers (TCP/IP, Middleware SOME/IP, …) to guarantee an error-free communication between Electronic Control Units connected by Ethernet.
OPEN Alliance has done an impressive amount of work in the last ten years, to gather the requirements of the industry and create a robust ecosystem to support the millions of vehicles that are already embedding some of these technologies. The challenges are not over, OPEN Alliance is the place to be to shape the future of In-Vehicle networks.”
Josetxo Villanueva, OPEN Alliance Chair
About OPEN Alliance
The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net) Special Interest Group (SIG) is a non-profit, open industry alliance of mainly automotive industry and technology providers collaborating to encourage wide scale adoption of Ethernet-based networks as the standard in automotive networking applications. The partnering companies of the OPEN Alliance SIG believe the flexibility and scalability of Ethernet will dramatically improve in-vehicle safety, comfort and infotainment, while significantly reducing network complexity and cabling costs. Founding members of the OPEN Alliance SIG include BMW, Broadcom Corporation, Freescale Semiconductor, Harman International, Hyundai Motor Company, and NXP Semiconductors. For more information and a complete list of member companies visit http://www.opensig.org.
The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net) Special Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit industry alliance established to drive wide scale adoption of Ethernet-based automotive connectivity, today announced that membership has grown to more than 400 partnering companies, including the world’s leading automotive manufacturers, semiconductor companies and tier one suppliers, but also companies from other sectors, like testing and advanced application/technological services. The OPEN Alliance has become a networking organization where all expertise in the field of Automotive Ethernet comes together.
Ethernet has been adapted to meet the rigorous requirements of the automotive industry and has become a major enabler for backbone, automated driving applications and connectivity to backend servers. In-vehicle Software and electronics are getting more complex in the need to evolve faster:
Traditionally adding a new feature in a car means adding a new Electronic Control Unit (ECU). Current E/E (electrical/electronic) vehicle architectures have an average of 50 ECUs with some having more than 200, thus there is no more physical space to add new ECUs.
To answer those challenges, EE Architectures are on the edge of evolving from Domain Architectures to Zonal Service Oriented Architectures. Adding a new feature will mean adding new services into a high-performance ECU, connected with an Ethernet backbone to Zonal ECUs managing local I/Os. In this paradigm shift from signal to service, Automotive Ethernet is one of the major technological enablers, as the basis of high bandwidth and service/ IP communication.
Ethernet is the technology that permits this flexibility in the conception of architectures, it is scalable (from 10Mbps to 10Gbits), it can be used to build as it is a standard, and it is the natural support for IP.
The OPEN Alliance has 15 Technical Committees (TC) focused on driving standards for automotive Ethernet. Their goal is to create and publish specifications on various aspects in the Ethernet domain, like for example:
As of today, more than 20 specifications have been publicly released by OPEN Alliance technical committees, contributing to create a robust Automotive Ethernet ecosystem, filling the gaps not covered by other standardization bodies. The first planned specifications for 2020 will cover 1000BASE-T1 Physical Interface device Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and PHY compliance to IEEE 1000BASE-T1 and IEEE 10BASE-T1s specifications.
To learn more visit: http://www.opensig.org
“The automotive industry is experiencing one of its most transformative periods in history: the arrival of high-resolution sensors for Advance Driving, the needs of High speed communication with the off-board (4G/5G) and the need of accelerating feature introduction, is bringing a disruption in the way of information is exchanged between Electronic Control Units in the vehicle. The quantity of information that need to be shared is exploding from hundreds of kilobytes to tens of gigabytes.
OPEN Alliance brings together the world’s leading automotive manufacturers, semiconductor companies, tier one suppliers, conformance labs, as well as tool providers to standardize In-vehicle Ethernet communications from 10Mbps up to 10Gbps, to increase the robustness, as-well as to reduce cost thanks to these new innovative standards (IEEE 10BASE-T1S, 100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1, 1000BASE-RH, 2.5GBASE-T1, 5GBASE-T1 & 10GBASE-T1 Ethernet). Moreover, OPEN Alliance also focus in the validation of the integration of Ethernet Technologies (PHY & Switches) with Software layers (TCP/IP, Middleware SOME/IP, …) to guarantee an error-free communication between Electronic Control Units connected by Ethernet.
OPEN Alliance has done an impressive amount of work in the last ten years, to gather the requirements of the industry and create a robust ecosystem to support the millions of vehicles that are already embedding some of these technologies. The challenges are not over, OPEN Alliance is the place to be to shape the future of In-Vehicle networks.”
Josetxo Villanueva, OPEN Alliance Chair
About OPEN Alliance
The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net) Special Interest Group (SIG) is a non-profit, open industry alliance of mainly automotive industry and technology providers collaborating to encourage wide scale adoption of Ethernet-based networks as the standard in automotive networking applications. The partnering companies of the OPEN Alliance SIG believe the flexibility and scalability of Ethernet will dramatically improve in-vehicle safety, comfort and infotainment, while significantly reducing network complexity and cabling costs. Founding members of the OPEN Alliance SIG include BMW, Broadcom Corporation, Freescale Semiconductor, Harman International, Hyundai Motor Company, and NXP Semiconductors. For more information and a complete list of member companies visit http://www.opensig.org.
BEAVERTON, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, BMW, Bosch, Broadcom, Continental, General Motors, Hyundai Motor Company, Marvell, NXP Semiconductors, Renesas, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Volkswagen, and Volvo Cars announce the incorporation of the OPEN Alliance SIG.
“As a founding member of the OPEN Alliance and a key contributor to the development and proliferation of BroadR-Reach technology in cars, Broadcom has played a pivotal role in driving the adoption of automotive Ethernet standards with more than 200 million ports shipped”
Since inception in 2011, OPEN Alliance SIG has been instrumental in wide scale adoption of Automotive Ethernet for in vehicle networking and connectivity applications. OPEN Alliance SIG established the very first open automotive Ethernet standard (BroadR-Reach®) technology and has released over 35 standards to date. The standards are now referenced by OEMs and Tier-1s as part of their requirements. Further, OPEN Alliance maintains close ties with other industry standard bodies like IEEE and ISO to optimally proliferate automotive Ethernet.
With its incorporation and newly elected Chair Everett Collins (Volkswagen) and Secretary and Treasurer Tim Lau (Marvell), OPEN Alliance will be membership driven to support forward momentum and enable pieces critical to the growth of Ethernet in the automotive market.
“As a founding member of the OPEN Alliance and a key contributor to the development and proliferation of BroadR-Reach technology in cars, Broadcom has played a pivotal role in driving the adoption of automotive Ethernet standards with more than 200 million ports shipped,” said Dr. Ali Abaye, senior director of marketing for the Physical Layer Products Division at Broadcom. “As we embark upon our second decade of expanding the automotive Ethernet standards and broadening our industry leading automotive Ethernet portfolio, we are excited about the incorporation of the Open Alliance and continued collaboration with the automotive ecosystem partners in advancing the development of next generation PHYs, switches and MCUs to meet the networking needs of tomorrow’s cars.”
“As an established leader in High-Performance Computing, Architecture and Networking, Continental continuously pursues possibilities to foster the adoption of enabling In-Vehicle Networking technologies for the automotive market. OPEN Alliance with its high reputation in creating specifications for Automotive Ethernet is the ideal forum to align Ethernet standards and to push future Continental functions and products: connected, safe, reliable.” – Dirk Abendroth, Chief Technology Officer, Continental
Tim Lau, Senior Director of Automotive Product Marketing, Marvell, said, “Demand for Ethernet-enabled ecosystems will only continue to rise as the automotive industry works to develop autonomous and connected vehicles that rely on in-vehicle networking technologies. Marvell has long been a promoter of the OPEN Alliance and has been heavily engaged in its various technical committees to encourage wide scale adoption of a solution that is not only cost-effective but key to reducing automotive networking complexities. As a legacy semiconductor company that offers the industry’s largest portfolio of secure Ethernet switches and PHYs, Marvell is pleased to be voted into the secretary/treasurer position of the OPEN Alliance board of directors and reaffirms its commitment to developing innovative solutions for the automotive market. We look forward to working with the other board members to further enable next-generation automotive Ethernet networking standards that power the future of mobility.”
“It takes collaboration to deliver high-speed Ethernet networks with the high quality and small electronic footprints required for highly connected and increasingly autonomous vehicles,” said Guenter Sporer, Director of Marketing, Systems and Applications at NXP Semiconductors. “As a founding member of the OPEN Alliance, NXP is proud of the success the alliance has achieved so far. As a leader in In-Vehicle Networking technologies, we are pleased and committed to continue this collaboration with our partners in the OPEN Alliance to drive best practice specifications in order to deliver the transformative power of next generation of Ethernet to the market.”
“As a leading and trusted semiconductor supplier to the automotive industry, Renesas is committed to the development of autonomous and connected vehicles. These ever-evolving applications require secure and cost-effective automotive Ethernet innovations, and the OPEN Alliance promoters and members play a key role in driving specifications, representing a large automotive ecosystem. Renesas will continue its Promoter role to contribute to the OPEN Alliance in order to create open standards for the future of the automotive industry.” – Uwe Schaefer, Director, Automotive Core Technology, Renesas
Join OPEN Alliance Inc.
OPEN Alliance member companies represent a wide range of industry expertise and include leading Automotive OEMs, Automotive Tier-1s, Silicon Providers, Cable & Connector manufacturers, Test Houses etc. Membership allows companies to influence the specifications and early access to the standard specifications. OPEN Alliance Inc. welcomes new members.
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About OPEN Alliance Inc.
The member companies of the OPEN Alliance Inc. take advantage of the scalability and flexibility of Ethernet to allow for cost effective communication networks in vehicles with reduced complexity. An Ethernet-based communication network is also a key infrastructure element for future customer functions like autonomous driving and the connected car. For more information on OPEN Alliance Inc, please visit https://www.opensig.org/.