Automotive OTA Software Updates and Data Management for Connected Cars

Leveraging vehicle connectivity

Connected vehicles are increasingly enabled to receive remote over-the-air (OTA) software updates and transmit diagnostic and operational data from on-board systems and components. By leveraging vehicle connectivity in this way automakers can significantly reduce recall expense, improve cybersecurity response time, increase product quality and operational efficiency, and deliver post-sale vehicle performance and feature enhancements.

Managing increasing complexity

The benefits of automotive OTA are clear. What’s not so clear is how to manage the increasing complexity of executing OTA software updates for millions of vehicles around the world—efficiently, reliably, and securely—as requirements transition from simple devices like entertainment systems to more complex devices like gateways, sensors, and processors powering safety and highly critical systems and components throughout the vehicle.

Secure Multi-ECU OTA Software Management

Connected vehicle OTA is much more complex than other consumer “devices” like smartphones and set-top boxes. That’s because vehicles are sophisticated machines with hundreds of components from a multitude of suppliers—and they’re getting more complex as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), artificial intelligence (AI), and autonomous features proliferate.

Airbiquity addresses this complexity with OTAmatic®: An industry leading multi-ECU OTA solution that securely orchestrates and automates software update campaigns while also meeting the unique and stringent requirements of automotive.

OTAmatic Features

Over-the-Air
Orchestration

Policy-Driven Dependency,
Rollback, and Recovery

Campaign
Management

Campaign Creation, Approvals,
Reporting, and Administration

End-to-End
Security

Standards-Based Cerification,
Authentication, and Encryption

Bandwidth & Storage
Management

Intelligent Network Selection,
Data Caching, and Transfer

Vehicle
Configuration

Vehicle Configuration Definition and Regulatory Compliance

Consumer
Interaction & Privacy

Customized Notifications,
Prompts, and Consent

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Customers using the OTAmatic software management platform have access to an optional feature called OTAmatic mLink that enables OTA connectivity for vehicles that don't have embedded communication devices. mLink enables safe and secure delivery, installation, and management of OTA software updates for motorcycles, scooters, and other vehicles using consumer smartphones. mLink can also reduce OTA related expenses for embedded TCUs and other devices.

Service Deployment Options

OTAmatic can be deployed using a managed service model or technology license model to best meet the management and business requirements of automakers and automotive suppliers.

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