Bachelor and Master Theses

Background

One of the current trends in the machinery domain is the shift towards Zonal Architecture (ZA). The ZA aims to reduce the number of ECUs in the product by consolidating the allocation of traditionally distributed functionalities. Allocation of functionality or its part within one multicore ECU raises additional requirements for the inter-ECU communication, mostly in terms of bandwidth and latency. There is also an aspect of different partitioning of one ECU having different safety levels, which brings additional complexity. The idea of this thesis proposal is to investigate such allocation from the perspective of inter-ECU communication. 

Task and eventual goal with the thesis work.

-       Survey of analyses of functionality allocation to multicore ECUs;

-       Specification of HW parameters required for allocation optimization;

-       Applying analysis on a VCE-provided use case;

-       Recommendations for SW development given multicore paradigm.

Profile

Computer science, Software engineering.

Utbildningsnivå: Magister 15 ECTS

Antal Studenter: 2

For more information please contact: Elena Lisova (elena.lisova@volvo.com); Saad Mubeen (saad.mubeen@mdu.se)

Good background in real-time systems. Knowledge on multi-core systems will be a plus.

The thesis is supported by Volvo Construction Equipment