@inproceedings{ButtnerAlonsoVillaBohigasBoladerasetal., author = {Buttner, Johannes and Alonso-Villa, Cristina and Bohigas Boladeras, Pere and Kucera, Markus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {The Need for New Software Architectures for Next-generation Vehicle}, series = {Proceedings of the 5th International E-Conference on Advances in Engineering, Technology and Management (ICETM 2021)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th International E-Conference on Advances in Engineering, Technology and Management (ICETM 2021)}, isbn = {978-1-63248-192-4}, pages = {58 -- 61}, abstract = {Assuming that future connected cars with automated driving functions will require even more computing power and communication bandwidth, the current network infrastructure as well as the existing individualized control units are not a profitable option for such vehicles. In addition, changing user expectations demand flexible architectural patterns and upgradeability of software components without the need to visit the workshop. However, the current statically developed and configured ECU architecture does not offer any practicable possibilities for this. For these reasons, the research for a new dynamic and flexible architecture is necessary. This new type of system architecture is expected to meet future requirements in terms of space, cost, performance, energy efficiency and number of required computing units in the vehicle, which will arise as a result of the implementation/inclusion of new automated driving functionalities, and due to the changes in user expectations. Solutions to this issue can be found in the field of enterprise IT (cluster computing), in which technologies such as Ethernet, container-based virtualization and flexible software architectures have proven themselves to be very efficient for years. Relevant infrastructures, for example from cloud computing providers, have commonly been used in high-performance or high-availability applications. Thus, in the research project A 3F has been investigated which of these concepts and methods can be applied to modern vehicle system architectures. One of the main goals is to assess the synergy potential of the two sectors, information technology and automotive industry, which to date have very different orientations. However, this synergy is expected to grow strongly in the course of the developments mentioned above. In the following pages, the necessary changes related to hardware and software will be discussed briefly und will be compared to concepts and possible solutions from the IT world.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BuettnerBohigasBoladerasGottschalketal., author = {B{\"u}ttner, Johannes and Bohigas Boladeras, Pere and Gottschalk, Philipp and Kucera, Markus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Performance Isolation of Co-located Workload in a Container-based Architecture for Automobile}, series = {9th International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies 2019, 22-26.09.2019, Porto, Portugal}, booktitle = {9th International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies 2019, 22-26.09.2019, Porto, Portugal}, isbn = {978-1-61208-739-9}, pages = {31 -- 37}, abstract = {As the development in the automotive sector is facing upcoming challenges, the demand for in-vehicle computing power capacity increases and the need for flexible hardware and software structures arises, allowing dynamic managament of resources. In this new scenario, software components are to be added, removed, updated and migrated between computing units. To isolate the software components from each other and allow its orchestration, a container-based virtualization approach is being tested throughout this research. The analysis focuses on the question if this virtualization technology could be an option to ensure an interference-free operation. Four different sample applications from the automotive environment are tested for their susceptibility to resource contention. The research on the one hand shows that CPU and memory used by an application can be largely isolated with this technology, but on the other hand, it becomes apparent that support for I/O-heavy usage is currently not implemented sufficiently for container engines.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{BrunthalerWaasKucera, author = {Brunthaler, Sebastian and Waas, Thomas and Kucera, Markus}, title = {On Verify and Validate a Next Generation Automotive Communication Network}, series = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - PECCS, 121-127, 2019, Vienna, Austria}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - PECCS, 121-127, 2019, Vienna, Austria}, publisher = {SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications}, isbn = {978-989-758-385-8}, doi = {10.5220/0008191601210127}, pages = {121 -- 127}, abstract = {As a result of the enormous growth in data traffic for autonomous driving, the conventional in-vehicle network is no longer sufficient and requires new types of network concepts in a vehicle. This part of the automobile is known as the next generation communication network. Since the new car-systems can be extended by various services at any time, the network must adapt dynamically to new requirements wherever possible. For example, data flow must be configured dynamically between new services. Also data rates will be much higher in the future than today. This is one of the main reasons why we need to search for new technologies for data transfer in vehicles. This is based on an in-vehicle ethernet network. The process of configuring networks automatically has been discussed several times in recent years. One of the next steps is verifying and validating the automatic configuration process during the development of the new communication network. This research paper identifies several ways to ensure the automatically generated network configuration leads to a secure system. To achieve that, other parts of the company's enterprise IT architecture and network technologies, the conventional vehicle network and other options for verification and validation are analysed}, language = {en} } @article{SchleglRobatzekKuceraetal., author = {Schlegl, Peter and Robatzek, Patrick and Kucera, Markus and Volbert, Klaus and Waas, Thomas}, title = {Performance analysis of mobile radio for automatic control in smart grids}, series = {International Journal of Advancements in Electronics and Electrical Engineering}, volume = {4}, journal = {International Journal of Advancements in Electronics and Electrical Engineering}, number = {1}, issn = {2319-7498}, pages = {69 -- 75}, abstract = {In the context of a "Smart Grid" research project, together with industrial partners, the OTH-Regensburg realized an intelligent medium-voltage grid in the local area. Goal was to improve the current voltage regulation and to counter the problems with inconsistent energy feed-in of decentralized renewable energy producers. In this paper we discuss the possibilities of using 3rd generation (3G) cellular networks (UMTS) as basic technology to communicate the voltage-levels within a medium-voltage grid. We build an experimental hardware setup to generate data-traffic as specified for the smart grid. By analyzing the performance of 3G cellular networks in terms of transmission latency and rate of failure, we tried to evaluate the usability of this technology for such critical data exchange. Though mobile communication in its structure is not specified for the use of transmitting such infrastructure critical data, the results show a promising high reliability with low transmission latency. The experiments served just to test a fragment of the conditions of use in a real scenario. An expanded test scope is needed to further analyze the performance of mobile radio for automatic control in smart grids. In the end the results discussed in this paper led to a successful prototype of an intelligent medium-voltage grid with mobile radio as communication technology}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{DegueldreWaasKucera, author = {Degueldre, Dennis and Waas, Thomas and Kucera, Markus}, title = {Electromagnetic Emission of an Optical-to-BroadR-Reach Converter}, series = {Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS), 2014, Lisbon, Portugal}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems (PECCS), 2014, Lisbon, Portugal}, isbn = {978-989-758-000-0}, issn = {2184-2817}, doi = {10.5220/0004711401310135}, pages = {131 -- 135}, abstract = {The automotive solution for Ethernet is BroadR-Reach, which cannot be found as a common Ethernet-interface in the consumer industry. Hence a media converter from IEEE 802.3 Ethernet to BroadR-Reach is needed to debug and test the communication of automotive devices under test (DUT). If the functionality of a BroadR-Reach connection has to be tested for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), a BroadR-Reach to optical media converter is needed, which has to comply to the same EMC test specifications as the DUT. This research explains the internal structure of a media converter and defines a test setup for copper bound emission test of BroadR-Reach. By using a standardized stripline measurement like it is common for electromagnetic emission test, it could be shown, that the tested Technica/Tinytron media converter can safely be used inside an EMC chamber.}, language = {en} } @article{KlinglWaasWeise, author = {Klingl, F. and Waas, Thomas and Weise, Wolfram}, title = {Nuclear bound states of omega mesons}, series = {Nuclear Physics A}, volume = {650}, journal = {Nuclear Physics A}, number = {3}, publisher = {Elsevier}, doi = {10.1016/S0375-9474(99)00114-1}, pages = {299 -- 312}, abstract = {Models based on chiral SU(3)_L \otimes SU(3)_R symmetry and vector meson dominance suggest an attractive potential for the \$\omega\$-meson in a nuclear medium. We discuss the feasibility of producing nuclear bound states of \$\omega\$-mesons using \$(d,^3He)\$ and pion induced reactions on selected nuclear targets.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{WaasBrockmannWeise, author = {Waas, Thomas and Brockmann, R. and Weise, Wolfram}, title = {Deeply bound pionic states and the effective pion mass in nuclear systems}, doi = {10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/9704397}, pages = {10}, abstract = {We show that the s-wave pion-nuclear potential which reproduces the deeply bound pionic states in Pb, recently discovered at GSI, is remarkably close to the one constructed directly from low energy theorems based on chiral symmetry. Converting this information into an effective pion mass we find \$m_\pi^\star/m_\pi\simeq 1.13\$ in the center of the Pb nucleus, and \$m_\pi^\star/m_\pi\simeq 1.07\$ in symmetric nuclear matter.}, language = {en} } @article{WaasBrockmannWeise, author = {Waas, Thomas and Brockmann, R. and Weise, Wolfram}, title = {Deeply bound pionic states and the effective pion mass in nuclear systems}, series = {Physics Letters B}, volume = {405}, journal = {Physics Letters B}, number = {3;4}, publisher = {Elsevier}, doi = {10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00643-6}, pages = {215 -- 218}, abstract = {We show that the s-wave pion-nuclear potential which reproduces the deeply bound pionic states in Pb, recently discovered at GSI, is remarkably close to the one constructed directly from low energy theorems based on chiral symmetry. Converting this information into an effective pion mass we find m:/m,, N 1.13 in the center of the Pb nucleus, and mi/m,, N 1.07 in symmetric nuclear matter.}, language = {en} }